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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | Latin elegans 'specially chosen as being of good quality', from eligere; ELECT1 |
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el‧e‧gant
1 beautiful, attractive, or graceful : 
a tall, elegant young woman
a tall, elegant young woman2 an idea or a plan that is elegant is very intelligent yet simple : an elegant solution to the problem
an elegant solution to the problem —elegantly adverb
—elegance noun [uncountable] the style and elegance of the designs
the style and elegance of the designs
