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inelegance

Roget category 579

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

#579. Inelegance

noun

inelegancestiffness etc. adj. — unlettered Muse" [Gray]; barbarismslang etc. 563solecism etc. 568mannerism etc. (affectation) 855euphuismfustian etc. 577cacophonywords that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jawmarinism.

verb

be inelegant etc. adj..

adjective

inelegant, graceless, ungracefulharsh, abruptdry, stiff, cramped, formal, guinde [Fr.]forced, laboredartificial, mannered, ponderousawkward, uncourtly, unpolishedturgid etc. 577affected, euphuisticbarbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, haltingoffensive to ears polite.
2. Spoken Language

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