debonair

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɛbəˈneə(ɹ)/
• (America) enPR: děb-ə-nɛr', IPA: /dɛbəˈnɛɹ/

Adjective

debonair

1. (obsolete) Gracious, courteous.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:

     Let be that Ladie debonaire, / Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire / To battell [...].

2. Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
3. (especially of men) Charming, confident and carefully dressed.

Translations

• Russian: обходи́тельный

Translations

• Russian: обходи́тельный

Translations

• Russian: гала́нтный

Noun

debonair

1. (obsolete) Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 31:

     But yet, shall my vanity extend only to personals, such as the gracefulness of dress, my debonnaire, and my assurance—Self-taught, self-acquired, these!

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