bonhomie
/ˈbɒnəmiː
/ /ˌbɒnəˈmiː/noun [mass noun]
Cheerful friendliness; geniality: he exuded good humour and bonhomie...
- ‘We'll send someone out on Monday ’, she said in her cheerful bonhomie.
- In a rare show of bonhomie and good humour, he talked about life as a writer and indicated that this might be his last book.
- We were also too good at maintaining the usual façade of cheerful bonhomie, on the occasions where we did see them.
Synonyms
geniality, congeniality, conviviality, cordiality, affability, amiability, sociability, friendliness, warmth, warm-heartedness, good nature, good humour, joviality, cheerfulness, good cheer, cheeriness, jollity, happiness
Origin
Late 18th century: from French, from bonhomme 'good fellow'.
Rhymes
- Andean
- Andersen, Hans Christian
- Anderson, Carl David
- Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett
- Anderson, Lindsay
- Anderson, Marian
- Anderson, Maxwell
- Anderson, Philip Warren
- Anderson shelter
- Anderson, Sherwood
- Andersonville
- Andes
- andesite
- andesitic
- and everything
- AND gate
- and how!
- Andhra Pradesh
- andic
- andiron
- andisol
- and no mistake
- and one knows it
- and/or
- and (or or) what have you