Definitions for inelegance

inelegance in·el·e·gance

Spelling: [in-el-i-guh ns]
IPA: /ɪnˈɛl ɪ gəns/

Inelegance is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 302 anagrams from letters in inelegance (aceeegilnn).

Definitions for inelegance

noun

  1. the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance.
  2. something that is inelegant or ungraceful.

Origin of inelegance

First recorded in 1720-30; ineleg(ant) + -ance

Examples for inelegance

Maurice was struck for a moment, but soon saw that the remark was innocent of any inelegance of speech.

Pray excuse the inelegance of this scrawl, and believe me yours in haste, William D. Pitman.'

Charlie seemed rather pleased than otherwise at my inelegance.

And as long as meanings are clear, good Logic is compatible with false concords and inelegance of style.

The expression "equal legs" is now being discarded on the score of inelegance.

Yet Aunt Maude's plumpness was not the plumpness of inelegance.

Therefore in the machine two cane stilts were indispensable, although their inelegance greatly disturbed the inventor.

inelegance, in-el′e-gans, n. want of elegance: want of beauty or polish—also Inel′egancy.

The last four lines unite incorrectness, tameness, and inelegance with remarkable and fatal facility.

The inelegance of the appellation perhaps explains why the bird has been permitted to retain it for quite a long while unchanged.

Word Value for inelegance
Scrable

13

Words with friends

18

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