inelegancy

[ in-el-i-guhn-see ]

noun

, plural in·el·e·gan·cies.

1. inelegance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inelegancy¹

First recorded in 1720–30; ineleg(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

There are few ballets that expose more completely her deficiencies and inelegancy of line.

From New York Times

Those who had found inelegancy and indecency in the previous productions of the painter, would still discover the same defects in the masterpiece he now submitted to the public.

From Project Gutenberg

His vanity is sure to be speedily checked, and first of all by his private tutor, who "slangs" him for a mistake here or an inelegancy there.—Ibid., p.

From Project Gutenberg

The vulgarity is not the vulgarity of the vulgar—the inelegancy is not the spontaneous rudeness of the ill-bred—any more than its doctrine of nature is the doctrine of the unlearned.

From Project Gutenberg