English-Thai Dictionary
elegant
ADJ(การกระทำ ที่ มี ส่วนผสม ระหว่าง ความเรียบง่าย ทักษะ และ ความสวยงาม ti-me-suan-pa-som-ra-wang-kwam-riab-ngai-tak-sa-lae-kwam-suai-ngam
elegant
ADJ สวยงาม งดงาม สละสลวย สง่างาม ภูมิฐาน ผึ่งผาย graceful stylish suai-ngam
elegantly
ADV อย่าง งดงาม อย่างดี เลิศ อย่าง สละสลวย อย่างประ ณีต อย่าง ผึ่งผาย อย่าง ภูมิฐาน yang-ngod-ngam
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ELEGANT
a.[L. elegans.] Polished; polite; refined; graceful; pleasing to good taste; as elegant manners. 1. Polished, neat; pure; rich in expressions; correct in arrangement; as an elegant style or composition.
2. Uttering or delivering elegant language with propriety and grace; as an elegant speaker.
3. Symmetrical; regular; well formed in its parts, proportions and distribution; as an elegant structure.
4. Nice; sensible to beauty; discriminating beauty from deformity or imperfection; as an elegant taste. [This is a loose application of the word; elegant being used for delicate. ]
5. Beautiful in form and colors; pleasing; as an elegant flower.
6. Rich; costly and ornamental; as elegant furniture or equipage.
ELEGANTLY
adv. In a manner to please; with elegance; with beauty; with pleasing propriety; as a composition elegantly written. 1. With due symmetry; with well formed and duly proportioned parts; as a house elegantly built.
2. Richly; with rich or handsome materials well disposed; as a room elegantly furnished; a woman elegantly dressed.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ELEGANT
El "e *gant, a. Etym: [L. elegans, -antis; akin to eligere to pick out, choose, select: cf. F. élégant. See Elect. ]
1. Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure. A more diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.
2. Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.
Syn. -- Tasteful; polished; graceful; refined; comely; handsome; richly ornamental.
ELEGANTLY
ELEGANTLY El "e *gant *ly, adv.
Defn: In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.
New American Oxford Dictionary
elegant
el e gant |ˈeləgənt ˈɛləɡənt | ▶adjective pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner: she will look elegant in black | an elegant, comfortable house. • (of a scientific theory or solution to a problem ) pleasingly ingenious and simple: the grand unified theory is compact and elegant in mathematical terms. DERIVATIVES el e gant ly adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent. (describing a person dressing tastefully ): from French, or from Latin elegans, elegant-, related to eligere ‘choose, select ’ (see elect ).
elegant variation
el e gant var i a tion ▶noun the stylistic fault of studiedly finding different ways to denote the same thing in a piece of writing, merely to avoid repetition.
Oxford Dictionary
elegant
ele |gant |ˈɛlɪg (ə )nt | ▶adjective 1 graceful and stylish in appearance or manner: she will look elegant in black | an elegant, comfortable house. 2 (of a scientific theory or solution to a problem ) pleasingly ingenious and simple: the grand unified theory is compact and elegant in mathematical terms. DERIVATIVES elegantly adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French, or from Latin elegans, elegant-, related to eligere ‘choose, select ’ (see elect ).
elegant variation
ele |gant vari |ation ▶noun [ mass noun ] the stylistic fault of studiedly finding different ways to denote the same thing in a piece of writing, merely to avoid repetition.
American Oxford Thesaurus
elegant
elegant adjective 1 an elegant black outfit: stylish, graceful, tasteful, sophisticated, classic, chic, smart, fashionable, modish; refined, gracious, dignified, poised, beautiful, lovely, charming, artistic, aesthetic; cultivated, polished, cultured; dashing, debonair, suave, urbane. ANTONYMS gauche. 2 an elegant solution: neat, simple, effective; ingenious, clever, deft, intelligent, inventive. ANTONYMS messy, unwieldy. WORD TOOLKIT See gracious . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them. WORD NOTE elegant I like the subtle sense of economy that elegant imparts to what otherwise might be just a synonym for graceful. When you say that a fastball or a legal brief or a dance move is elegant, you're saying that you admire not just its beauty but also its efficiency —that it gets the job done with surprisingly few wasted components or motions, and even with an ingenious shortcut or two. This is one of those words I like so much that I have to stop myself from overusing it. — DA Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.
Oxford Thesaurus
elegant
elegant adjective 1 she was dressed in an elegant black outfit: stylish, graceful, tasteful, discerning, refined, sophisticated, dignified, cultivated, distinguished, classic, smart, fashionable, modish, decorous, beautiful, artistic, aesthetic, lovely; charming, polished, suave, urbane, cultured, dashing, debonair; luxurious, sumptuous, opulent, grand, plush, high-class, exquisite; informal swanky. ANTONYMS inelegant, gauche. 2 an elegant solution: neat, simple, effective; ingenious, clever, deft, intelligent, inventive. ANTONYMS messy. WORD TOOLKIT elegant See gracious . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Duden Dictionary
elegant
ele gant Adjektiv |eleg a nt |französisch élégant < lateinisch elegans = wählerisch, geschmackvoll, Nebenform von: eligens, 1. Partizip von: eligere (exlegere ) = auswählen a (von der äußeren Erscheinung ) durch Vornehmheit, Harmonie besonders der Kleidung oder der Form, Machart o. Ä. auffallend ein eleganter Herr | ein eleganter Mantel | dieser Wagen ist sehr elegant | Silberreiher sind elegante Vögel | elegant angezogen sein b in gewandter, geschickter Weise ausgeführt eine elegante Lösung dieses Problems | sich elegant aus der Affäre ziehen c kultiviert, erlesen sie spricht ein elegantes Französisch | ein eleganter Wein | etwas elegant formulieren
Elegant
Ele gant Substantiv, maskulin , der |eleˈgãː |der Elegant; Genitiv: des Elegants, Plural: die Elegants eleganter, gepflegter und sich sorgfältig kleidender Mann
French Dictionary
élégant
élégant , ante adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Qui a de l ’élégance. : Une robe élégante. Des manières peu élégantes. SYNONYME chic ; distingué ; gracieux . Note Orthographique élég ant.
Spanish Dictionary
elegante
elegante adjetivo 1 Que tiene distinción o gracia, resulta de buen gusto o destaca por su sencillez :un traje elegante; un andar elegante .2 Que lleva vestidos bien hechos y armónicamente combinados y que actúa y habla con naturalidad y distinción :un hombre elegante; una mujer elegante .3 Que salva situaciones sociales difíciles con tacto y sinceridad :un comportamiento elegante; una manera elegante de decir lo que se piensa .4 [demostración, argumentación ] Que es eficaz y sencillo :el problema recibió una solución elegante .
elegantoso, -sa
elegantoso, -sa adjetivo 1 Amér coloquial [cosa, persona ] Que es muy elegante o que pretende serlo :un traje elegantoso; (fig ) como mi amigo Sarduy, que finalmente ha pasado de la académica y elegantosa condición de exiliado .2 Chile coloquial [persona ] Que tiene una imagen muy elegante :iba tan elegantoso que inhibía a su acompañante .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
elegant
el e gant /élɪɡ (ə )nt /〖語源は 「慎重に選び出された 」〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人 衣服 場所などが 〉優雅な , 優美な , 上品な, 洗練された (stylish ); 〈筆跡 文体などが 〉格調高い ▸ an elegant lady 上品な女性 ▸ an elegant restaurant 趣味のよいレストラン 2 〈理論 計画などが 〉 (理路整然として )簡潔な , 明晰 （めいせき ）な ▸ the most elegant explanation もっとも簡潔な説明 ～ly 副詞 優美に ; 簡潔に, 手際よく .
The Wordsmith Dictionary