Definition of Elegances

1. Noun. (plural of elegance) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Elegances

1. elegance [n] - See also: elegance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elegances

electrowinnings
electrowon
electrum
electrums
elects
electuaries
electuary
eledoisin
eledoisins
eleemosynaries
eleemosynarily
eleemosynary
eleemosynous
eleet
elegance
elegances (current term)
elegancies
elegancy
elegant
elegant Habenaria
elegant brodiaea
elegant cat's ears
elegant crested tinamou
elegant crested tinamous
elegant variation
elegantin
elegantly
elegiac
elegiac stanza
elegiacal

Literary usage of Elegances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diary of Iohn Evelyn, Esq., F.R.S.: To which are Added a Selection from His by John Evelyn (1906)
"Sir Thos Linch was returned from his government of Jamaica. of Requests, a nice contriver of all elegances, and exceedingly formall. ..."

2. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"... of a lady by a fashionable artist never does. like elegances of f orm ; with the Mr. Morris also is sometimes awkward, and often involved aud obscure. ..."

3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"... pleasures, elegances attend him, x golden Fortune accompanies and lodgeth with him ; and as to those Roman Em- ..."

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