jauntinessn.
/ˈdʒɔːntɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɔn(t)inᵻs/, /ˈdʒɑn(t)inᵻs/ The quality of being jaunty; self-satisfied sprightliness; airiness; perkiness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > light-heartedness
lightnessa1350
light-heartedness1603
jauntiness1712
gaieté de cœur1728
sans souci1781
boyhood1829
sans-souci-ism1837
breeziness1885
gaydom1922
carefreeness1924
viscerotonia1980
happy-go-luckiness2008
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 530. ¶4 I felt a certain Stiffness in my Limbs, which entirely destroyed that Jauntyness of Air I was once Master of.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 174 That indescribable air of jauntiness and individuality which empty garments..will take.
1884 Christian Commonw. 23 Oct. 21/5 The paper was marred by a jauntiness which did not become the subject.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1712- illguiding
- illhabited
- illhalsening
- illheaded
- illhearted
- illhumoured
- illhumouredly
- illhusband
- illiable
- illiberal
- illiberal-minded
- illiberalise
- illiberalised
- illiberalises
- illiberalising
- illiberalism
- illiberalisms
- illiberalities
- illiberality
- illiberalize
- illiberalized
- illiberalizes
- illiberalizing
- illiberally
- illiberalminded