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debonair

[ deb-uh-nair ]

adjective

  1. courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm:

    a debonair gentleman.

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debonair

/ ˌɛəˈɛə /

adjective

  1. suave and refined
  2. carefree; light-hearted
  3. courteous and cheerful; affable
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԲ, adverb
  • ˌˈԲԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • o·Բl adverb
  • o·Բn noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of debonair1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English debone(i)re, from Anglo-French; Old French debonaire; the original phrase was de bon aire “of good lineage”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of debonair1

C13: from Old French debonaire, from de bon aire having a good disposition
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Vargas Llosa’s air of debonair intellectual only added to the package: a writer for the New Statesman once described him as “tall, good-looking and with the social graces of the Latin American elite.”

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Manilow asked the crowd of the debonair record executive who helped shepherd him to stardom.

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Tall, debonair and handsome, Hassilev also was the sex symbol of the trio.

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This lack of social synchrony can land even the most debonair droid in the “uncanny valley.”

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“Their conversations aren’t all stylized and coy and debonair. They say the kinds of things that you would hear in bed at the end of the day with the person that you’re closest to.”

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