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Definition of bonhomous in English: bonhomousadjectiveˈbɒnəməsˈbɑnəməs 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. Definition of bonhomous in US English: bonhomousadjectiveˈbänəməsˈbɑnəməs 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. |