elegante

noun

ele·​gante

variants or élégante

ālāgääⁿt

plural elegantes or élégantes

-t(s)

: a fashionable woman

Word History

Etymology

French élégante, from feminine of élégant, adjective

First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined above

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