inelegantadj.

/ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/

Etymology: < French inélégant (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin inēlegānt-em , < in- (in- prefix⁴) + ēlegānt-em elegant adj.

Not elegant.

a. Wanting in grace of form or manner; ungraceful; unrefined; clumsy, coarse, unpolished.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective]

unsewly?c1225

unseemlyc1340

unburlya1400

ungoodly1495

unhandsome1530

unsquared1549

inelegant1570

unelegant1570

indecent1590

undressed1598

unfinified1609

undecent1622

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biv^v/2 Inelegant, inelegans.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inelegant, not decked, rough.

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 31 When the forms..are inelegant, that is, when they are composed of unvaried lines.

1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) 23 The church of St. John in this city, by no means an inelegant building.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. viii. 54 Vincent's somewhat inelegant person.

b. esp. of language and literary style.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective]

wanmola1325

rudea1393

lewdc1425

rustyc1425

unpolisheda1450

roidc1485

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rough?1520

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inconcinnate1534

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crabbed1561

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unelegant1570

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unfiled1590

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unconceived1599

aliterate1624

incompta1628

scabbed1630

uncombed1633

uncompt1633

uncouth1694

coarse1699

slatternly1783

crude1786

warty1822

stumbling1859

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. viii A maner of wrytinge nat inelegant.

1755 World No. 106 (1823) III. 8 If the dispute be about a Greek word, and he pronounces it to be inelegant.

1779 S. Johnson Rochester in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets. IV. 10 His imitation of Horace on Lucilius is not inelegant.

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 123 This, whether in the familiar or the solemn style, is always inelegant, and should never be admitted but in forms of law.

†c. Not of delicate taste or flavour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable

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boisterous1483

untasty1566

untoothsome1576

twice sod1601

coarse1607

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asper1626

insuave1657

untoward1662

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woolly1687

inelegant1708

smoked1761

impalatable1782

brassy1789

soddena1800

metallic1800

inky1805

unsweetened1817

weedy1851

tinny1873

tangy1875

raw1881

unappetizing1884

twangy1887

stavy1888

toasty1890

soapy1892

stewy1895

gloppy1976

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 49 Ample Fruit..pleasing to Sight, But to the Tongue inelegant and flat.

d. Of a medical preparation: cf. elegant adj. 7b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > composed of single ingredient > using more than minimum ingredients

inelegant1876

1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 129 The decoction, although officinal, is inelegant and faulty.

2. Wanting in æsthetic refinement or delicacy.

a. Of things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective]

untheweda1325

unbenec1400

incondite1539

undight1555

ungentle1565

impolished1583

transalpinea1592

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tartarous1602

impolite1612

unelevated1627

unfashioned1630

unbrushed1640

unhewed1644

hirsute1658

unhewn1659

inelegant1667

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ingenteel1694

barbarous1700

ungracefula1732

tramontane1740

uninformed1754

clumsy1758

heavy1817

uncharmed1818

nettle-rough1850

blowzy1851

mal élevé1878

inexquisite1922

pseudo-sophisticated1925

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 335 Order, so contriv'd as not to mix Tastes, not well joynd, inelegant .

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 521. ⁋4 Fort Knock has occasioned several very perplexed and inelegant Heats and Animosities.

1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism 13 They wander about from one object to another, of vain curiosity, or inelegant pleasure.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii III. v. ii. 193 [It was] thought inelegant among the Romans, to entertain less than three or more than nine at their banquets.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 138 Letters and the fine arts undoubtedly owe much to this not inelegant sloth.

†b. Of persons. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > specifically of persons

boistousc1300

rudec1405

blunt1477

rustyc1485

rough?1531

sillya1547

ruggedc1565

unrefined1582

unpolished1594

unfashioned1606

inurbane1623

incult1628

ungenteel1633

roughsome?c1660

unpolite1674

inelegant1735

untutored1751

unrarefied1835

1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 59 What remains On living Coals they broil, inelegant Of Taste.

1756 Connoisseur No. 130. ⁋2 I am..the unfortunate wife of that inelegant (I had almost said insensible) husband.

1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. cxvii. 293 A common and inelegant spectator.

3. (nonce-use from late Latin) Not in harmony with the main body of the Law.

ΚΠ

a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. xxx. 552 This want of harmony or consistency with the great bulk of the system the Roman Lawyers denote..‘inelegantia juris’. Now the Canon or Civil Laws (as they obtain in England) may be singular or inelegant but they are not less portions of the general law.

Derivatives

inˈelegantness n. inelegancy (Bailey vol. II. 1727).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	inelegant
释义	inelegantadj. /ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/ Etymology: < French inélégant (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin inēlegānt-em , < in- (in- prefix⁴) + ēlegānt-em elegant adj. Not elegant. 1. a. Wanting in grace of form or manner; ungraceful; unrefined; clumsy, coarse, unpolished. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] unsewly?c1225 unseemlyc1340 unburlya1400 ungoodly1495 unhandsome1530 unsquared1549 inelegant1570 unelegant1570 indecent1590 undressed1598 unfinified1609 undecent1622 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biv^v/2 Inelegant, inelegans. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inelegant, not decked, rough. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 31 When the forms..are inelegant, that is, when they are composed of unvaried lines. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) 23 The church of St. John in this city, by no means an inelegant building. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. viii. 54 Vincent's somewhat inelegant person. b. esp. of language and literary style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] wanmola1325 rudea1393 lewdc1425 rustyc1425 unpolisheda1450 roidc1485 inelegant1509 gross1513 rough?1520 barbarous1526 ineloquent1532 inconcinnate1534 crabby1550 crabbed1561 uneloquent1565 unelegant1570 unkempt1579 unfiled1590 illiterate1598 unconceived1599 aliterate1624 incompta1628 scabbed1630 uncombed1633 uncompt1633 uncouth1694 coarse1699 slatternly1783 crude1786 warty1822 stumbling1859 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. viii A maner of wrytinge nat inelegant. 1755 World No. 106 (1823) III. 8 If the dispute be about a Greek word, and he pronounces it to be inelegant. 1779 S. Johnson Rochester in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets. IV. 10 His imitation of Horace on Lucilius is not inelegant. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 123 This, whether in the familiar or the solemn style, is always inelegant, and should never be admitted but in forms of law. †c. Not of delicate taste or flavour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable unsweetc1440 boisterous1483 untasty1566 untoothsome1576 twice sod1601 coarse1607 irrelishable1608 asper1626 insuave1657 untoward1662 physicala1665 asperous1670 unpalatable1682 woolly1687 inelegant1708 smoked1761 impalatable1782 brassy1789 soddena1800 metallic1800 inky1805 unsweetened1817 weedy1851 tinny1873 tangy1875 raw1881 unappetizing1884 twangy1887 stavy1888 toasty1890 soapy1892 stewy1895 gloppy1976 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 49 Ample Fruit..pleasing to Sight, But to the Tongue inelegant and flat. d. Of a medical preparation: cf. elegant adj. 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > composed of single ingredient > using more than minimum ingredients inelegant1876 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 129 The decoction, although officinal, is inelegant and faulty. 2. Wanting in æsthetic refinement or delicacy. a. Of things. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] untheweda1325 unbenec1400 incondite1539 undight1555 ungentle1565 impolished1583 transalpinea1592 impolited1598 uncourtly1598 tartarous1602 impolite1612 unelevated1627 unfashioned1630 unbrushed1640 unhewed1644 hirsute1658 unhewn1659 inelegant1667 sordid1668 ingenteel1694 barbarous1700 ungracefula1732 tramontane1740 uninformed1754 clumsy1758 heavy1817 uncharmed1818 nettle-rough1850 blowzy1851 mal élevé1878 inexquisite1922 pseudo-sophisticated1925 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 335 Order, so contriv'd as not to mix Tastes, not well joynd, inelegant . View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 521. ⁋4 Fort Knock has occasioned several very perplexed and inelegant Heats and Animosities. 1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism 13 They wander about from one object to another, of vain curiosity, or inelegant pleasure. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii III. v. ii. 193 [It was] thought inelegant among the Romans, to entertain less than three or more than nine at their banquets. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1851) II. 138 Letters and the fine arts undoubtedly owe much to this not inelegant sloth. †b. Of persons. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > specifically of persons boistousc1300 rudec1405 blunt1477 rustyc1485 rough?1531 sillya1547 ruggedc1565 unrefined1582 unpolished1594 unfashioned1606 inurbane1623 incult1628 ungenteel1633 roughsome?c1660 unpolite1674 inelegant1735 untutored1751 unrarefied1835 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 59 What remains On living Coals they broil, inelegant Of Taste. 1756 Connoisseur No. 130. ⁋2 I am..the unfortunate wife of that inelegant (I had almost said insensible) husband. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. cxvii. 293 A common and inelegant spectator. 3. (nonce-use from late Latin) Not in harmony with the main body of the Law. ΚΠ a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. xxx. 552 This want of harmony or consistency with the great bulk of the system the Roman Lawyers denote..‘inelegantia juris’. Now the Canon or Civil Laws (as they obtain in England) may be singular or inelegant but they are not less portions of the general law. Derivatives inˈelegantness n. inelegancy (Bailey vol. II. 1727). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1509
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