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| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''debonere'', from Anglo-French ''deboneire'', from ''de bon aire'' of [[good]] [[family]] or [[nature]] |
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
Revision as of 22:11, 12 December 2020
Origin
Middle English debonere, from Anglo-French deboneire, from de bon aire of good family or nature
Definitions
- 1archaic : gentle, courteous
- 2a : suave, urbane <a debonair performer>
- b : lighthearted, nonchalant
Synonyms
Quote
The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a-Maying, There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. - -John Milton c.1631 L'Allegro, l.18^24. The'daughter fair' is Euphrosyne, or Mirth, one of the Three Graces.
