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inelegancy

inelegancy is the alternative form of inelegance.

Meaning of inelegance

Noun

inelegance (usually uncountable, plural inelegances)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
    • The inelegance of the ugly duckling stood in contrast to its ultimate life as a swan.

Forms of inelegancy

pluralinelegancies

Origin of inelegancy

From in- + elegancy.

Questions about inelegancy

What is inelegancy the alternative form of?
Inelegancy is the alternative form of inelegance.

Words near inelegancy in the dictionary

  1. inelative
  2. inelative case
  3. inelegance
  4. inelegances
  5. inelegancies
  6. inelegancy
  7. inelegant
  8. inelegantly
  9. inelidable
  10. ineligibilities
  11. ineligibility

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inelegancy (page history and authors); inelegance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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