inelegance

Roget-categorie 579

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means

#579. Inelegance

zelfstandig naamwoord

inelegance — stiffness etc. adj. — unlettered Muse" [Gray]; barbarism — slang etc. 563 — solecism etc. 568 — mannerism etc. (affectation) 855 — euphuism^† — fustian etc. 577 — cacophony — words that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jaw — marinism^†.

werkwoord

be inelegant etc. adj..

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

inelegant, graceless, ungraceful — harsh, abrupt — dry, stiff, cramped, formal, guinde [Fr.] — forced, labored — artificial, mannered, ponderous — awkward, uncourtly^†, unpolished — turgid etc. 577 — affected, euphuistic^† — barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting — offensive to ears polite.
2. Spoken Language

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