English-Thai Dictionary
elegance
N ความงดงาม ความ สละสลวย kwam-ngod-ngam
elegance
N ความ ดีเลิศ kwam-dee-rod
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ELEGANCE, ELEGANCY
n.[L. elegantia, eligo, to choose, though irregularly formed. ] In its primary sense, this word signified that which is choice or select, as distinguished from what is common.
1. "The beauty of propriety, not of greatness, " says Johnson.
Applied to manners or behavior, elegance is that fine polish, politeness or grace, which is acquired by a genteel education, and an association with wellbred company.
Applied to language, elegance respects the manner of speaking or of writing. Elegance of speaking is the propriety of diction and utterance, and the gracefulness of action or gesture; comprehending correct, appropriate and rich expressions, delivered in an agreeable manner. Elegance of composition consists in correct, appropriate and rich expressions, or well chosen words, arranged in a happy manner. Elegance implies neatness, purity, and correct, perspicuous arrangement, and is calculated to please a delicate taste, rather than to excite admiration or strong feeling. Elegance is applied also to form. Elegance in architecture, consists in the due symmetry and distribution of the parts of an edifice, or in regular proportions and arrangement. And in a similar sense, the word is applied to the person or human body. It is applied also to penmanship, denoting that form of letters which is most agreeable to the eye. In short, in a looser sense, it is applied to many works of art or nature remarkable for their beauty; as elegance of dress or furniture.
2. That which pleases by its nicety, symmetry, purity or beauty. In this sense it has a plural; as the nicer elegancies of art.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ELEGANCE; ELEGANCY
El "e *gance, El "e *gan *cy, n. Etym: [L. elegantia, fr. elegans, -antis,elegant: cf. F. élégance.]
1. The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton. The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson. A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.
2. That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive. The beautiful wildness of nature, without the nicer elegancies of art. Spectator.
Syn. -- Elegance, Grace. Elegance implies something of a select style of beauty, which is usually produced by art, skill, or training; as, elegance of manners, composition, handwriting, etc. ; elegant furniture; an elegant house, etc. Grace, as the word is here used, refers to bodily movements, and is a lower order of beauty. It may be a natural gift; thus, the manners of a peasant girl may be graceful, but can hardly be called elegant.
New American Oxford Dictionary
elegance
el e gance |ˈeləgəns ˈelɪɡəns | ▶noun 1 the quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner; style: a slender woman with grace and elegance. 2 the quality of being pleasingly ingenious and simple; neatness: the simplicity and elegance of the solution.
Oxford Dictionary
elegance
ele |gance |ˈɛlɪg (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner: a slender woman with grace and elegance. 2 the quality of being pleasingly ingenious and simple; neatness: the simplicity and elegance of the solution.
American Oxford Thesaurus
elegance
elegance noun 1 he was attracted by her elegance: style, stylishness, grace, gracefulness, taste, tastefulness, sophistication; refinement, dignity, beauty, poise, charm, culture; suaveness, urbanity, panache. 2 the elegance of the idea: neatness, simplicity; ingenuity, cleverness, inventiveness.
Oxford Thesaurus
elegance
elegance noun 1 the elegance of their suave escorts: style, stylishness, grace, gracefulness, smoothness; taste, tastefulness, discernment, refinement, sophistication, dignity, distinction, propriety, poise, finesse; fashion, culture, beauty; charm, polish, suaveness, urbanity, panache, flair, dash; luxury, sumptuousness, opulence, grandeur, plushness, exquisiteness; informal swankiness. ANTONYMS inelegance, gaucheness. 2 they liked the elegance of the idea: neatness, simplicity; ingenuity, cleverness, deftness, intelligence, inventiveness. ANTONYMS messiness.
French Dictionary
élégance
élégance n. f. nom féminin 1 Grâce, distinction. : Quelle élégance, quel chic, ma chère! SYNONYME classe . 2 Délicatesse morale. : Un geste élégant et généreux. Note Orthographique élég an ce.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
elegance
el e gance /élɪɡ (ə )ns /名詞 U 〖具体例ではan ～〗1 優雅さ, 上品, 優美 .2 簡潔さ, 明晰 （めいせき ）さ .
The Wordsmith Dictionary