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The analogue concept in the court culture of medieval India was known by the Sanskrit term dakṣiṇya, literally meaning "right-handedness", but as in English dexterity having a figurative meaning of "apt, clever, appropriate", glossed as "kindness and consideration expressed in a sophisticated and elegant way". [2]
Sprezzatura was a vital quality for a courtier to have. According to Professor Wayne Rebhorn, courtiers essentially had to put on a performance for their peers [9] and those who employed sprezzatura created the impression that they completely mastered the roles they played. [10]
Elegant variation can reduce clarity and introduce confusion. For example, it can create the impression that the identity of the person or thing being referenced is unknown. It makes the reader work harder to keep track of who or what is being discussed, sometimes requiring them to reread text — or forcing them to guess.
The system of modern Western sophistication has its roots in France, arguably helped along its way by the policies of King Louis XIV (reigned 1643–1715). [ 6 ] The English regarded sophistication as decadent and deceptive until the aristocratic sensibilities and refined elegance of Regency dandies such as Beau Brummell (1778–1840) became ...
An elegant solution may solve multiple problems at once, especially problems that are not thought to be inter-related. [6] Elegance can arguably be measured for engineering problems as the ratio of problem complexity to that of solution complexity. [7] Thus a simple (low complexity) solution to a problem of high complexity is seen as elegant.
There's no question that the Duchess of Cambridge is an elegant, sophisticated woman. Every time she steps out, the media clamors to cover what she's wearing, and the "Kate Middleton Effect" has ...
Elegant variation is the use of synonyms to avoid repetition or add variety. The term was introduced in 1906 by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler in The King's English. In their meaning of the term, they focus particularly on instances when the word being avoided is a noun or its pronoun. Pronouns are themselves variations intended to avoid awkward ...
Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 Met Gala and it's brand new theme.