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debonairity

debonairity noun: the quality of being debonair; debonair character, graciousness.

Noun

debonairity (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being debonair; debonair character, graciousness.
    • This so high-raised courage, so swelling and so obstinate against sorow, death and povertie, was it nature or arte made it relent, even to the utmost strai ne of exceeding tendernesse and debonarety [translating debonnaireté] of complexion?1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.1

Forms of debonairity

alternative formdebonarety
alternative formdebonarity

Origin of debonairity

Old French debonaireté.

Questions about debonairity

What does debonairity mean?
Debonairity means the quality of being debonair; debonair character, graciousness.
What part of speech is debonairity?
Debonairity is a noun.

Words near debonairity in the dictionary

  1. Debolds
  2. debole
  3. deboles
  4. debonair
  5. debonaire
  6. debonairity
  7. debonairly
  8. debonairness
  9. debond
  10. debonded
  11. debonding

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