inelegans

Latin > English

inelegans (gen.), inelegantis ADJ :: lacking in taste; clumsy, infelicitous

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ĭn-ēlĕgans: antis, adj.,
I not choice or elegant; tasteless, inelegant (class.): orationis non inelegans copia, Cic. Brut. 81, 282: deliciae (with illepidae), Cat. 6, 2: odor non inelegans, a not unpleasant odor, Plin. 21, 25, 98, § 169.—
II Transf., unreasonable, inconsistent (late Lat.): nam inelegans esse visum est ex heredis persona incipere obligationem, Gai. Inst. 3, 100.— Adv.: ĭnēlĕganter, not choicely, tastelessly, inelegantly: scribere, Cic. Brut. 26, 101; Gell. 17, 2, 26: dividere, without discrimination, without judgment, Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 26; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 10.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ĭnēlĕgāns,¹⁵ tis, qui est sans distinction, sans goût, sans finesse, grossier : Cic. Br. 282 ; Nat. 2, 64 || désagréable [odeur] : Plin. 21, 169.

Latin > German (Georges)

in-ēlegāns, antis, ungewählt, geschmacklos, unschön, unästhetisch, gew. m. vorhergeh. Negat., ratio non in., Cic.: sermo non in., Suet.: copia orationis non in., Cic.: ne sint (deliciae tuae) illepidae et inelegantes, Catull. – / Abl. Sing. ineleganti, Plin. 21, 169.