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deboˈnairness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being debonair: see the adj.
1382Wyclif Ps. xliv. [xlv.] 5 For treuthe, and debonernesse, and riȝtwisnesse. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 548 That there should be all Kindness, Condescending, Benignity and Debonairness in them. 1753Richardson Grandison (1810) VI. xxxi. 213 From whom can spirits, can cheerfulness, can debonnairness be expected, if not from a good man? 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1778) II. 42 With all the gaiety and debonairness in the world. 1929W. Deeping Roper's Row x. 99 A notable claim to decency and debonairness. 1964Listener 13 Aug. 248/1 His breezy debonairness depends on the convention of public-school illiteracy. |