inelegance
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)inelegances
- the quality of lacking refinement and good tasteOpposite eleganceType of qualityKinds ostentation, crudeness, shabbiness, boorishness, tweediness, dowdiness, coarseness, tastelessness, awkwardness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In·el′e·gance, In·el′e·gan·cy noun; pl. Inelegances (#), Inelegancies (#).
Origin: L. inelegantia: cf. F. inélégance.
1. The quality of being inelegant; lack of elegance or grace; lack of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
The notorious inelegance of her figure.— Theodore Ed. Hood
2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54