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inelegant (adj.)
c. 1500, from French
inélégant
(15c.), from Latin
inelegantem
(nominative
inelegans
) "not choice, without taste, without judgment," from
in-
"not" (see
in-
(1)) +
elegans
(see
elegant
). Related:
Inelegantly
;
inelegance
.