iligant
English edit
Adjective edit
iligant (comparative more iligant, superlative most iligant)
- 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 edit
- Supposed to represent an Irish accent.