Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Elegance

Elegance , noun

[Latin elegantia, from elegans, -antis, elegant: compare French élégance.]

1.
The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc.
That grace that elegance affords. — Drayton
The endearing elegance of female friendship. — Johnson
A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. — Hawthorne
2.
That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.
The beautiful wildness of nature, without the nicer elegancies of art. — Spectator

Also: Elegancy