tasteful Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. ēlĕgans2. pĕrēlĕgans (very t.)3. concinnus (neat in arrangement) • tasteful: I. Lit.: săpĭdus, App.: v. savoury. II. Fig.: 1. ēlĕgans: a t. letter, e. epistola, Cic. Att. 16, 13: t., not gorgeous, e., non magnificus, Nep. Att. 13, 5: a fine and t. writer, subtilis scriptor atque e., Cic. Brut. 9, 35: a t. choice of words, e. verborum delectus, id. ib. 78, 272. 2. pĕrēlĕgans (very t.): a most t. and polished speech, p. et persubtilis oratio, Cic. Planc. 24, 58. 3. concinnus (neat in arrangement): one or two rather t. verses, unus et alter concinnior versus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 74. Join: c. et elegans, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 13. v. refined, elegant.
TASTEFUL Copy link • TASTEFULelegans (one who possesses and uses correct discrimination; of things, recherche): non inficetus: venustus. Tasteful dress, cultus amoenus: tasteful in the choice of words, elegans verbis: a tasteful choice of words, elegans verborum delectus.