debonair

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having a sophisticated charm

   A debonair gentleman.

2. 2
   adj

   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!”.

3. 3
   noun

   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!

From Old French debonaire, from the phrase de bon aire (“of good stock, noble”).

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