elegantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Late 中期英語 elegaunt, from Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin ēlegāns.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɛl.ə.ɡənt/
• ハイフネーション: el‧e‧gant

形容詞

elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)

1. Characterised by or exhibiting elegance; having grace, refinement, or tasteful simplicity.

   Synonyms: classy, graceful, refined, dressy

   Antonyms: inelegant, clumsy

   • 2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better‎, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:

     You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.

2. Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

   Antonyms: inelegant, sloppy, haphazard

   an elegant solution

   • 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:

     "For myself, because of the baggage of 30 years of balkanisation, I think the elegant solution is to take operations back into the public sector. It will mean you can have a whole-industry approach to running the railway, unencumbered by contractual differences."

3. (Ireland, colloquial, archaic) Fine; doing well.
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     'An' how are ye, Jemmie—how's every inch iv you?' enquired Moggy of the boy, when his agitation was a little blown over.
     'I'm elegant, thank ye,' he answered; 'an' what's the matther wid ye all? I cum through the kitchen, and seen no one.'

派生語

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名詞

elegant (plural elegants)

1. An elegant parrot.
   • 1895, The Avicultural Magazine, Volume 1, The Avicultural Society for the Study of Foreign and British Birds, page 22:

     But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy the shrubs and trees in a day.

アナグラム

• angelet