INEL'EGANT, adjective [Latin inelegans; in and elegans, from the root of eligo, to choose.] Not elegant; wanting beauty or polish, as language, or refinement, as manners; wanting symmetry or ornament, as an edifice; in short, wanting in any thing which correct taste requires.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.