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单词 bonhomous
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Definition of bonhomous in English:

bonhomous

adjectiveˈbɒnəməsˈbɑnəməs
  • Friendly and cheerful.

    a delightful evening full of bonhomous wit and lively political debate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Like television he is over-excitable, bonhomous, hungry for novelty, permanently racing against the clock.
    • I remember a few years ago he took me to what was then his favourite restaurant, Assaggi, and he was in his happiest, most bonhomous mood!
    • Expect lots of bonhomous backslapping over the next two days.
    • We're having our Christmas early, as is traditional, and despite the absurdity of silly costumes and sprigs of holly and tinsel on a sweltering June evening, the general mood is jolly and bonhomous and altogether Yule-like.
    • When you close the book, you are no closer to understanding film making, but Merchant's generous, bonhomous warmth lingers in the mind.
    • For most of the day he'd be the genial, bonhomous, fruity old wine-slurper you see on television and then at night he'd turn into a raging paranoid misanthrope.
    • With such a bonhomous character there is a natural tendency to overlook his lapses of judgment.

Origin

Early 20th century: from bonhomie and -ous.

Rhymes

autonomous, heteronomous
 
 

Definition of bonhomous in US English:

bonhomous

adjectiveˈbänəməsˈbɑnəməs
  • Full of cheerful friendliness.

    her relaxed, bonhomous nature
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I remember a few years ago he took me to what was then his favourite restaurant, Assaggi, and he was in his happiest, most bonhomous mood!
    • Expect lots of bonhomous backslapping over the next two days.
    • With such a bonhomous character there is a natural tendency to overlook his lapses of judgment.
    • We're having our Christmas early, as is traditional, and despite the absurdity of silly costumes and sprigs of holly and tinsel on a sweltering June evening, the general mood is jolly and bonhomous and altogether Yule-like.
    • For most of the day he'd be the genial, bonhomous, fruity old wine-slurper you see on television and then at night he'd turn into a raging paranoid misanthrope.
    • Like television he is over-excitable, bonhomous, hungry for novelty, permanently racing against the clock.
    • When you close the book, you are no closer to understanding film making, but Merchant's generous, bonhomous warmth lingers in the mind.

Origin

Early 20th century: from bonhomie and -ous.

 
 
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