Elegant
Pronunciation : El"e*gant
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. elegans, -antis; akin to eligere to pick out, choose, select: cf. F. ?l?gant. See Elect.]
Definition : 1. Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure. A more diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.
2. Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.
Syn. -- Tasteful; polished; graceful; refined; comely; handsome; richly ornamental.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913