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debonair

adj
/dɛbəˈneə(ɹ)/UK/dɛbəˈnɛɹ/US

Etymology

Via Middle English debonaire from Old French de bon aire (“of good stock; noble”).

  1. inherited from debonaire

Definitions

  1. Gracious, courteous.

    • Let be that Ladie debonaire, / Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire / To battell […].

  2. Suave, urbane and sophisticated.

    • “He's doing it wrong! I am much more suave, debonair, and sophisticated than that!” “Yes, Dan, that's a very debonair stain you have on your shirt.” “I'll have you know I have sophistication coming out the wazoo!”
    • She was a New York City person. Sacco is nervy and sassy and sort of debonair.

  3. Charming, confident, and carefully dressed.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Debonaire behaviour

      Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.

      • But yet, shall my vanity extend only to personals, such as the gracefulness of dress, my debonnaire, and my assurance—Self-taught, self-acquired, these!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA