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ylellisyys — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • elegance noun Graceful, refined beauty in appearance, movement, or manner.
  • frill noun A narrow strip of gathered cloth or paper, added as decoration.
  • luxury noun A state of great comfort, ease, and often expensive surroundings.

Senses

ylellisyys is used for these senses in English:

  • elegance (countable, dated) A refinement or luxury.
  • frill (figurative) Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
  • luxury Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
  • luxury Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
  • luxury Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).

elegance — full definition

  1. noun Graceful, refined beauty in appearance, movement, or manner.
  2. noun Simplicity and neatness in a solution, design, or idea, achieved without sacrificing precision.

frill — full definition

  1. noun A narrow strip of gathered cloth or paper, added as decoration.
  2. noun A layer of material around the edge of something, shaped like a decorative frill.
  3. noun A crinkled edge that forms on a thin sheet of film.
  4. noun Something extra that is not needed, added only to look nice.
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