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Definitions: ELEGANCY |
ELEGANCYNoun1. That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive. 2. 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. |
Date "ELEGANCY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "ELEGANCY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | elegancë (chic, class, daintiness, elegance, grace, smartness, stylishness, urbanity), hijeshi (charm, delicacy, elegance, grace). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | елегантност (cachet, dash, distinction, elegance, fineness, grace, gracefulness, graces, neatness, polish, style, stylishness), изисканост (accomplishments, class, daintiness, elegance, neatness, polish, politeness, refinement, stylishness, suavity, subtlety, urbanity). (various references) | |
German | Schönheit (beauty, belle, bonniness, elegance, fairness, fineness, handsomeness, loveliness, pulchritude). (various references) | |
Greek | καλαισθησία (aesthetics, artistry, elegance, good taste, sensibilities), κομψότητα (comeliness, daintiness, elegance, jauntiness, neatness, prettiness, primness, rakishness, smartness, spruceness, stylishness, trigness, trimmness), γλαφυρότητα (elegance). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elegancia (chic, elegance, gracefulness, neatness, style, stylishness), választékosság (elegance, neatness, ornateness), finomság (daintiness, delicacy, elegance, fineness, finesse, gentility, morbidezza, subtlety, tenuity, tenuousness, title). (various references) | |
Indonesian | dengan gemulai. (various references) | |
Italian | eleganza (classiness, elegance, nattiness, politeness, refinement, smartness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elegancyay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | elegância (chic, daintiness, elegant, fineness, grace, polish, style), aprumo (aplomb, bravery, elegance, equilibrium, poise, position of legs, stance, vertical position). (various references) | |
Russian | элегантность (chic, daintiness, elegance, stylishness), изящество (concinnity, daintiness, delicacy, elegance, fineness, nicety, refinement, stylishness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | elegancija (elegance). (various references) | |
Spanish | elegancia (chic, class, classiness, elegance, fragrance, fragrancy, grace, gracefulness, graciousness, neatness, poise, smartness, stylishness, tastefulness, tone), graciosidad (elegance, grace, gracefulness, wittiness), garbo (charm, elegance, elegant, grace), frecuencia (commonness, elegance, frequence, frequency, incidence, incidence rate, periodicity, prevalence). (various references) | |
Swedish | elegans (chic, concinnity, elegance, fineness, finesse, flair, grace, refinement, splendor, splendour, style), stilfullhet (elegance), förfining (culture, delicacy, elegance, refinement, refining). (various references) | |
Ukranian | витончене. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"ELEGANCY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elegans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-g-l-n-y" | |
-2 letters: agency, encage, enlace, glance, glycan, legacy. | |
-3 letters: agene, aglee, agley, anele, angel, angle, cagey, clang, clean, eagle, elegy, glace, glean, lacey, lance, lycea, lycee. | |
-4 letters: acne, acyl, agee, agly, alec, alee, cage, cagy, cane, clag, clan, clay, cyan, eely, egal, elan, eyen, eyne, gaen, gale, gane, gene, glee, glen, gley, lace, lacy, lane, lang, lean, yang, yean. | |
-5 letters: ace, age, ale, ane, any, aye, can, cay, cee, cel, eel, eng, eye, gae, gal, gan, gay, gee, gel, gen, gey, lac, lag, lay, lea, lee, leg, ley, lye, nae, nag, nay, nee, yea, yen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-g-l-n-y" | |
+3 letters: eugenically, generically, genetically, glycerinate. | |
+4 letters: changelessly, decreasingly, glycerinated, glycerinates. | |
+5 letters: allergenicity, cytogenetical, deprecatingly, energetically, evangelically, gynaecologies, laryngectomee. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 4C 45 47 41 4E 43 59 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-.. . --. .- -. -.-. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01001100 01000101 01000111 01000001 01001110 01000011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E L E G A N C Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 004C 0045 0047 0041 004E 0043 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3946394135483759 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Derivations 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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