iligant

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Adjective

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iligant (comparative more iligant, superlative most iligant)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of elegant.
    • 1906, Horatio Alger Jr., Randy of the River[1]:
      I was just afther thinkin' I had nothin' but throuble, whin in comes these iligant fish."
    • 1885, Grace Greenwood, Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children[2]:
      In the mean time, "Phelim," the pig, throve finely, and grew to be, as Mrs. O'Shaughnessy said, "an iligant cratur, intirely."
    • 1866, George Alfred Townsend, Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,[3]:
      "Fait, sur," said Pat, "my ligs was gone intirely, wid long walkin', and I sazed the furst iligant baste I come to."

Usage notes

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  • Supposed to represent an Irish accent.

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