Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas
Various Qualities of Style

579. Inelegance.

   NOUN:INELEGANCE, impurity, vulgarity; want of -, poor -, bad- taste; stiffness &c. adj.; “unlettered Muse” [Gray]; cacology, cacography, poor diction, poor choice of words; loose -, slipshod- construction; want of balance, ill-balanced sentences; barbarism; slang [See Neology]; solecism [See Solecism]; mannerism [See Ornament]; cacophony; words that -break the teeth, – dislocate the jaw.
  CACOGRAPHER, barbarian; euphuist, Marinist, Gongorist.
   VERB:BE INELEGANT &c. adj.; employ inelegance &c. n.
   ADJECTIVE:INELEGANT, graceless, ungraceful, harsh, abrupt; dry, stiff, cramped, formal, guindé [F.]; forced, labored; artificial, mannered, ponderous; awkward, uncourtly, unpolished; turgid [See Ornament]; affected, euphuistic; barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting, cacographic or cacographical; offensive to ears polite; vulgar, tasteless.