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Elegance

Alt. of Elegancy

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Narrower term 21

Breeding 76% connected

of Breed

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Chic 76% connected

Good form; style.

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Courtliness 76% connected

The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.

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Daintiness 76% connected

The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.

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Dash 76% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

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Delicacy 76% connected

The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

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Eclat 76% connected

Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.

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Elan 76% connected

Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

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Fineness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being fine.

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Genteelness 76% connected

The quality of being genteel.

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Gentility 76% connected

Good extraction; dignity of birth.

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Grandeur 76% connected

The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression…

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Grandness 76% connected

Grandeur.

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Magnificence 76% connected

The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.

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Panache 76% connected

A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.

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Pomp 76% connected

A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.

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Smartness 76% connected

The quality or state of being smart.

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Splendor 76% connected

Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Swank 76% connected

of Swink

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Elegant 74% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Elegant 74% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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