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jauntee

jauntee is the obsolete form of jaunty.

Meaning of jaunty

Adjective

jaunty (comparative jauntier, superlative jauntiest)

  1. Airy; showy; finical.
  2. (broadly) Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
  3. Dapper or stylish.
    • He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
    Synonyms:
    pert, rakish
  4. Ostentatiously self-confident.
    • He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.

See all 6 meanings of jaunty

Forms of jauntee

comparativemore jauntee
superlativemost jauntee

Questions about jauntee

What is jauntee the obsolete form of?
Jauntee is the obsolete form of jaunty.

Words near jauntee in the dictionary

  1. Jaunpuri
  2. Jaunpuris
  3. jauns
  4. jaunt
  5. jaunted
  6. jauntee
  7. jaunter
  8. jaunters
  9. jauntier
  10. jaunties
  11. jauntiest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jauntee (page history and authors); jaunty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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