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); The peculiar characteristic of the philistine is a dull, dry kind of
gravity, akin to that of animals. — The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the
Wisdom of Life;
• (yokel)- a rustic; a country bumpkin, ( ); The auctioneer
spoke the question directly to this country yokel, while he winked at the
crowd in front of him. — Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile);
• (ignoble)- of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base, ( ; ; ;
); While all hypocrisy and truckling to the majority opinion
is ignoble, the blunt announcement of disbelief may do much more harm
than good. — Problems of Conduct;
suavity : gentility ~ elegance : panache = style
• (suavity)- urbanity; polish, ( ; ); Her taste,
steadiness, suavity, and solid knowledge suited a style very difficult for a
southern singer to acquire. — Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To
Henrietta Sontag;
• (gentility)- those of gentle birth; refinement, ( ; ); He had
a great respect for my gentility, and learning; and was always afraid of
being too familiar. — The Adventures of Hugh Trevor;
• (elegance)- refinement, grace, and beauty in movement, appearance, or
manners;
• scientific exactness and precision; But he lacks neither intelligence
nor elegance, and if he sometimes goes too fast he never overemphasizes
slowness. — Musical Memories;
• (panache)- a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair, ( );
It lacks style, panache, any decent photography, the frames have no depth,
everything is either underlit or over-filtered — CommanderBond.net;
quality : elite : haut monde : intelligentsia
• (elite)- a group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class,
enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status; We have created
an elite within Vatican; only the elite are aware of the knowledge we have
gained. — Project Pope;
• (haut monde)- high society;
• (stoic)-intellectuals considered as a group or class, esp. as a cultural,
social, or political elite, (
; - ); If he wanted the
company of an educated woman, or a clever one, he had any number of
open invitations to the salons of the intelligentsia. — The Serpent's Shadow;
graceless = gauche louche