different between lubberly vs inelegant

English

Etymology

lubber +? -ly

Adjective

lubberly (comparative more lubberly, superlative most lubberly)

1. Clumsy and stupid; resembling a lubber (an inexperienced person).
   • 1693, Thomas Urquhart, translation of Gargantua by Rabelais, Chapter XX:

     Ponocrates and Eudemon burst out in a laughing so heartily, that they had almost split with it, and given up the ghost, in rendering their souls to God: even just as Crassus did, seeing a lubberly ass eat thistles;

2. Lacking in seamanship; of or suitable to a landlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor.
   • 1848, James Fenimore Cooper, "Captain Spike, Or The Islets of the Gulf", in Bentley's Miscellany [1], page 19:

     "Do not use such a lubberly expression, my dear Rose, if you respect your father's profession. On a vessel is a new-fangled Americanism, that is neither fish, flesh, nor red-herring, as we sailors say,— neither English nor Greek."

Translations

Adverb

lubberly (comparative more lubberly, superlative most lubberly)

1. In the manner of a landlubber.
   • 1839, Matthew Henry Barker, Hamilton King [2], page 105:

     I'm not ignorant of these matters, having been many years at sea—and seamen, you must know, are curious in knots; I cannot endure to see anything done lubberly.

English

Alternative forms

• unelegant

Etymology

From Middle French inélégant, from Latin in?leg?ns; equivalent to in- +? elegant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??l???nt/

Adjective

inelegant (comparative more inelegant, superlative most inelegant)

1. Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.

Synonyms

• (unfashionable): démodé, passé, unchic; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable
• (graceless): clumsy, graceless, haphazard

Translations

Anagrams

• Galentine, eglantine, elegantin, legantine

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin in?leg?ns.

Adjective

inelegant (masculine and feminine plural inelegants)

1. inelegant

   Antonym: elegant

Related terms

• elegant
• inelegància

Further reading

• “inelegant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inelegant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inelegant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inelegant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French inélégant.

Adjective

inelegant m or n (feminine singular inelegant?, masculine plural inelegan?i, feminine and neuter plural inelegante)

1. inelegant

Declension