Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

579. Inelegance — N. inelegance; stiffness &c adj.; unlettered Muse

[Gray]; barbarism; slang &c 563; solecism &c 568; mannerism &c (affectation) 855; euphuism†; fustian &c 577; cacophony; words that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jaw; marinism†. V. be inelegant &c adj.. Adj. inelegant, graceless, ungraceful; harsh, abrupt; dry, stiff, cramped, formal, guinde [Fr.]; forced, labored; artificial, mannered, ponderous; awkward, uncourtly†, unpolished; turgid &c 577; affected, euphuistic†; barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting; offensive to ears polite.