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inelegance

noun

Etymology

From Middle French inélégance, from Late Latin inelegantia.

  1. derived from inelegantia
  2. derived from inélégance

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being inelegant

    The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.

    • The inelegance of the ugly duckling stood in contrast to its ultimate life as a swan.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inelegance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at inelegance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at inelegance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA