# elegant

Pronunciation: US say "EL-uh-guhnt" /ˈɛl.ə.ɡənt/; UK

## Adjective

1. Displaying grace, refinement, and tasteful style in appearance, manner, or design.
   - Simple: Beautiful in a simple and stylish way, without anything extra.
   - _The ambassador greeted each guest with an elegant bow._
   - _Their apartment was furnished in an elegant, understated style._
2. Marked by minimalism and intuitive simplicity while preserving exactness and precision.
   - Simple: Simple and easy to understand, but still exact and correct.
   - _The mathematician admired the elegant proof, which fit on a single page yet settled the whole question._
   - _Reviewers praised the software's elegant interface, which made complex tasks feel obvious without sacrificing accuracy._

## Noun

3. A small Australian grass parakeet, Neophema elegans, with olive-yellow plumage and a blue band across its forehead.
   - Simple: A small Australian parrot with yellow-green feathers and a blue stripe above its beak.
   - _Birdwatchers traveled to South Australia hoping to photograph an elegant in the open scrub._
   - _A pair of elegants nested in a hollow eucalyptus branch near the creek._

## Adjective

4. Fine; doing well. *(archaic, Ireland)*
   - Simple: Fine, or doing very well.

## Origin

From Late Middle English "elegaunt," from Middle French "elegant," ultimately from Latin "elegans."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/elegant (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).