Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression.
synonyms: breeding, genteelness.
Roget 894:
courtesy;
respect
etc.
928;
good manners,
good behavior,
good breeding;
manners;
politeness
etc.
adj.;
bienseance,
urbanity,
comity,
gentility,
breeding,
polish,
presence;
civility,
civilization;
amenity,
suavity;
good temper,
good humor;
amiability,
easy temper,
complacency,
soft tongue,
mansuetude;
condescension
etc.
(humility)
879;
affability,
complaisance,
pr_evenance,
amability†,
gallantry;
pink of politeness,
pink of courtesy.
compliment;
fair words,
soft words,
sweet words;
honeyed phrases,
ceremonial salutation,
reception,
presentation,
introduction,
accueil†,
greeting,
recognition;
welcome,
abord†,
respects,
devoir,
regards,
remembrances;
kind regards,
kind remembrances;
love,
best love,
duty;
empty encomium,
flattering remark,
hollow commendation;
salaams.
obeisance
etc.
(reverence)
928;
bow,
courtesy,
curtsy,
scrape,
salaam,
kotow†,
kowtow,
bowing and scraping;
kneeling;
genuflection
etc.
(worship)
990;
obsequiousness
etc.
886;
capping,
shaking hands,
etc.
v.;
grip of the hand,
embrace,
hug,
squeeze,
accolade,
loving cup,
vin d'honneur [Fr.],
pledge;
love token
etc.
(endearment)
902;
kiss,
buss,
salute.
mark of recognition,
nod;
nods and becks and wreathed smiles"
[Milton];
valediction
etc.
293;
condolence
etc.
915.
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Roget 875:
nobility,
rank,
condition,
distinction,
optimacy†,
blood,
pur sang [Fr.],
birth,
high descent,
order;
quality,
gentility;
blue blood of Castile;
ancien regime [Fr.].
high life,
haute monde [Fr.];
upper classes,
upper ten thousand;
the four hundred [U.S.];
elite,
aristocracy,
great folks;
fashionable world
etc.
(fashion)
852.
peer,
peerage;
house of lords,
house of peers;
lords,
lords temporal and spiritual;
noblesse;
noble,
nobleman;
lord,
lordling†;
grandee,
magnifico [Lat.],
hidalgo;
daimio [Jap.],
daimyo [Jap.],
samurai [Jap.],
shizoku [Jap.];
don,
donship†;
aristocrat,
swell,
three-tailed bashaw†;
gentleman,
squire,
squireen†,
patrician,
laureate.
gentry,
gentlefolk;
squirarchy [Slang],
better sort magnates,
primates,
optimates†;
pantisocracy†.
king
etc.
(master)
745;
atheling†;
prince,
duke;
marquis,
marquisate†;
earl,
viscount,
baron,
thane,
banneret†;
baronet,
baronetcy†;
knight,
knighthood;
count,
armiger†,
laird;
signior†,
seignior;
esquire,
boyar,
margrave,
vavasour†;
emir,
ameer†,
scherif†,
sharif,
effendi,
wali;
sahib;
chevalier,
maharaja,
nawab,
palsgrave†,
pasha,
rajah,
waldgrave†.
princess,
begum†,
duchess,
marchioness;
countess
&c.;
lady,
dame;
memsahib;
Do$a,
maharani,
rani.
personage of distinction,
man of distinction,
personage of rank,
man of rank,
personage of mark,
man of mark;
notables,
notabilities;
celebrity,
bigwig,
magnate,
great man,
star,
superstar;
big bug;
big gun,
great gun;
gilded rooster [U.S.];
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan];
every inch a king"
[Lear].
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Roget 852:
fashion,
style,
ton,
bon ton†,
society;
good society,
polite society;
monde [Fr.];
drawing-room,
civilized life,
civilization,
town,
beau monde [Fr.],
high life,
court;
world;
fashionable world,
gay world;
Vanity Fair;
show
etc.
(ostentation)
822.
manners,
breeding
etc.
(politeness)
894;
air,
demeanor
etc.
(appearance)
448;
savoir faire [Fr.];
gentlemanliness†,
gentility,
decorum,
propriety,
biens_eance [Fr.];
conventions of society;
Mrs.
Grundy;
punctilio;
form,
formality;
etiquette,
point of etiquette;
dress
etc.
225.
custom
etc.
613;
mode,
vogue,
go;
rage
etc.
(desire)
865;
prevailing taste;
fad,
trend,
bandwagon,
furore†,
thing,
in thing,
craze,
chic,
last word.
man of fashion,
woman of fashion,
man of the world,
woman of the world;
height of fashion,
pink of fashion,
star of fashion,
glass of fashion,
leader of fashion;
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.]
etc.
(taste)
850;
the beautiful people,
the fashion set,
upper ten thousand
etc.
(nobility)
875;
elite
etc.
(distinction)
873;
smart set;
the four hundred [U.S.];
in crowd.
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Dutch: deftigheid