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elegances

elegances is the plural of elegance.

Meaning of elegance

Noun

elegance (usually uncountable, plural elegances)

  1. (usually) Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
    • The bride was elegance personified.
  2. (usually) Restraint and grace of style.
    • The simple dress had a quiet elegance.
  3. (usually) The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
    • The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance.
  4. (countable, dated, usually) A refinement or luxury.
    • As to the comforts and elegances of life, we have enough of them for our good.1852, Various, Young Americans Abroad

Questions about elegances

What is elegances the plural of?
Elegances is the plural of elegance.

Words near elegances in the dictionary

  1. eleet
  2. Elefen
  3. Elefsina
  4. elegaic
  5. elegance
  6. elegances
  7. elegancies
  8. elegancy
  9. elegant
  10. elegant crested tinamou
  11. elegant crested tinamous

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