| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | el·e·gant |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l  -g nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Characterized by or exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style. See synonyms at delicate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin  leg ns, legant-, present participle of *legre, variant of ligere, to select. See elect. | | OTHER FORMS: | ele·gant·ly —ADVERB
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