elegantness

elegantness noun: elegance.

Noun

elegantness (uncountable)

(uncommon) Elegance.
- In the whole Discourse whereof, the book, to consider the substance, being but a pamphlet or scantling; the argument not so fine and affected, and yet the doctrine very profitable and necessary, he useth such a smooth and comely style and tieth his invention to such methodical and orderly...1880 July 21 [1576], Abraham Fleming, “[Of English Dogs, the diversities, the names, the natures, and the properties. […]] To the well disposed Reader.”, in Edward Arber, An English Garner...
- Yet (added ſhe and bluſht) to be exactly vertuous, and alſo prudent, I ought before I marry him, to ſacrifice unto my revenge all that remains of the perfidious Herminius. I never could do’t till now: but now both vertue and reaſon command it, and notwithſtanding all the elegantneſs of his letters...1678, [Madeleine de Scudéry (indicated as George de Scudery)], translated by J[ohn] Davies, Clelia, an Excellent New Romance: […], London: […] H. Herringman, D. Newman […], part III, book I, page...

For Fluentneſs o’ Speache an’ Elegantneſs o’ Style th’ Town did not hav’ a Candidate to match him—no not in th’ memorie o’ th’ eldest Inhabitor.1705?, “Peter Acklam”, in William Anderson Gunnell, compiler, Sketches of Hull Celebrities: or Memoirs and Correspondence of Alderman...
The fashions are distinguished as usual for elegantness and appropriateness.1866 June 7, Dodgeville Chronicle, volume IV, number 38, Dodgeville, Wis., front page, column 3:
He deleneates^([sic]) the sense and sentiment of the great Bard’s lines with such forcible elegantness as to show him more than ordinarily capable as a Shakesperian reader.1889 May 7, “Amusements”, in The Evening Item, volume XII, number 109 (whole 40,321), Richmond, Ind., page [3], column 3:
Many superb gowns were worn and admired for their elegantness and fit.1893 November 2, “Said in Society. The Elites’ Inaugural German Last Evening—Brilliant Affair.”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, volume XXII...

From elegant + -ness.

What does elegantness mean?: Elegantness means elegance.
How do you use elegantness in a sentence?: For Fluentneſs o’ Speache an’ Elegantneſs o’ Style th’ Town did not hav’ a Candidate to match him—no not in th’ memorie o’ th’ eldest Inhabitor.
What part of speech is elegantness?: Elegantness is a noun.

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