jaunty
Syllables: jaun·ty/ˈd͡ʒɔːn.ti/
jaunty adjective: airy; showy; finical.
Adjective
jaunty (comparative jauntier, superlative jauntiest)
- Airy; showy; finical.
- Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
- Dapper or stylish.
- He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
- It was probably this circumstance which gave him an interest beyond any that his companion could boast of, and attracted Barnaby’s attention. There was something soldierly in his bearing, and he wore a jaunty cap and jacket.1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 58.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 274
- 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.
- When he started at sight of a clean-shaved tramp, who walked with a jaunty swing1897, Banjo Paterson, Saltbush Bill's Second Fight
Noun
jaunty (plural jaunties)
- A master-at-arms on board a Royal Navy ship.
- ‘When libertymen come back there’s the quartermaster, the crusher, the officer of the day, sometimes the Jaunty hisself and usually Big Bill.’1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 74
- Synonyms:
- jonty
Proper noun capitalized: Jaunty
Jaunty
- A traditional nickname for a Royal Navy master-at-arms
jaunty meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
jaunty in Tamil
- கப்பல் காவல்துறையினரின் தலைவர், இறுமாந்த தற்பெருமைப் பகட்டுடைய
jaunty in Urdu
- البیلا, بانکا, ہنس مکھ, زندہ دل
jaunty in Bengali
- আত্মবিশ্বাস ও আত্মতৃপ্তিসূচক
jaunty in Malayalam
- ഉല്ലാസവാനായ, സ്റ്റൈലുള്ള, പരിഷ്കാര വേഷം ധരിച്ച
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- jaunty in Kannada
- ಉಲ್ಲಾಸದ, ಖುಷಿಯಾದ, ಸಂತೋಷದ, ಹಿಗ್ಗುತ್ತಿರುವ
Examples of jaunty in a sentence
- The couple’s romance, captured with intimate closeups and accompanied by a jaunty Europop soundtrack, is rapturous.
- It was all a bit unimaginative, so I rearranged everything at a jaunty angle.
- That jaunty z is but a wedge of lemon stuck into a bottle of beer.
Synonyms of jaunty
Forms of jaunty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | jauntier |
| superlative | jauntiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | jaunties |
Origin of jaunty
Formerly spelt janty, from French gentil. See gentle, and compare genty. Doublet of genteel, gentile, and gentle.
Words formed from jaunty
Phrases with jaunty
Questions about jaunty
- What does jaunty mean?
- Jaunty means airy; showy; finical.
- What is jaunty in Tamil?
- Jaunty in Tamil is கப்பல் காவல்துறையினரின் தலைவர், இறுமாந்த தற்பெருமைப் பகட்டுடைய. See Jaunty meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is jaunty?
- Jaunty can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jaunty?
- Jaunty is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔːn.ti/.
Words near jaunty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jaunty (page history and authors); Jaunty (page history and authors); jaunty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jaunty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jaunty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jaunty (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jaunty (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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