Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inelegance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inelegance \In*el"e*gance\, Inelegancy \In*el"e*gan*cy\, n.; pl.
{Inelegances}, {Inelegancies}. [L. inelegantia: cf. F.
in['e]l['e]gance.]
1. The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace;
want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language,
composition, or manners.
The notorious inelegance of her figure. --T. Hook.
2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary
composition.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inelegance
n : the quality of lacking refinement and good taste [ant: {elegance}]
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