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debonair(dictionary)

debonair (iou)



debonair adjective & noun. Also debonnair, debonaire. ME.
[Old French debonaire (mod. debonnaire), from de bon aire of good disposition.]
A. adjective.
Of a gentle disposition, meek, gracious, courteous. ME-L17.
Spenser Was neuer Prince so meeke and debonaire.
Pleasant in manner, affable, urbane; cheerful, carefree, unembarrassed. E18.
F. Astaire The carefree, the best-dressed, the debonair Astaire!
B. noun.
A courteous being or person. Only in LME.
Debonair character or disposition. LME-M18.
debonairly adverb LME.
debonairness noun LME.
debonairty, debonarity noun debonair character or disposition ME-L17.