elegance
/ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The bride was elegance personified."
- "The simple dress had a quiet elegance."
- "The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance."
- "As to the comforts and elegances of life, we have enough of them for our good."
- "At Rome, when Sallust was the fashionable writer, short sentences, uncommon words, and an obscure brevity, were affected as so many elegances."
- "Phineas Duge[…] was, for a man of affairs and an American, singularly fond of the small elegances of life. Although he sat alone at dinner, the table was heaped with choice flowers and carefully selected hothouse fruit."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: élégance, ēlegantia