Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Ungracious; ungraceful; disagreeable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Not graceful; displeasing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Not graceful; displeasing.

Etymologies

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French malgracieux.

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Examples

  • The rose-bench was a rather sorry affair, for it had been set out in this exposed place by a former gardener who had forgotten that the direct winds from the Sound are malgracious to roses.

    Children of the Whirlwind Leroy Scott 1902

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