Word of the Day:
deportment
What It Means
Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.
Apparent level of schooling or training.
Their deportment changed visibly as the policeman approached.
Deportment in Context
“...Edy asked what and she was just going to tell her to catch it while it was flying but she was ever ladylike in her deportment so she simply passed it off with consummate tact...”
Did You Know?
From Late Middle French deportement (French déportement). By surface analysis, deport + -ment.
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