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Definition: Debonnaire |
DebonnaireAdjective1. Having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "debonnaire" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: DebonnaireSynonyms: debonair (adj), debonaire (adj), suave (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cheerfulness | Adjective: cheerful; happy; cheery, cheerly; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits, in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper; in high spirits, in high feather; happy as the day is long, happy as a king; gay as a lark; allegro; debonair; light, lightsome, light hearted; buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy; janty, jaunty, canty; hedonic; riant; sprightly, sprightful; spry; spirited, spiritful; lively, animated, vivacious; brisk as a bee; sparkling, sportive; full of play, full of spirit; all alive. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Debonnaire |
| Specialty definitions using "debonnaire": LOUIS I. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "debonnaire": Bonair. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "debonnaire"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | ebonnaireday.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-n-n-o-r" | |
-2 letters: bannered, debonair, endbrain. | |
-3 letters: adenine, andiron, aneroid, bandore, baronne, beadier, bonnier, brained, branned, broaden, deboner, enrobed, inboard, inbreed, nardine, redbone. | |
-4 letters: abider, aedine, aeried, aerobe, bander, banned, banner, beaned, beanie, bender, binder, binned, bonder, bonier, bonnie, borane, boreen, boride, brined, dearie, debone, denari, denier, dinero, dinner, donnee, earned, endear, endrin, ennead, enrobe, eonian, inaner, inborn, inbred, indene, inroad, ironed, narine, neared, neoned, nereid, ordain, oreide, rained, rebind, rediae, redone, reined, riband, roadie, roband. | |
-5 letters: abide, abode, adobe, adore, adorn, aerie, aider, aired, anion, anode, ardeb, aroid, bairn, baned, barde, bared, baron, beano, beard, benne, benni, bider, board, boned, boner, bonne, bored, borne, braid, brain, brand, bread, brede, breed, bride, brine, broad, danio, deair, debar, denar, diene, dinar, diner, dobie, dobra, donee, donna, donne, drain, drone, eared, eider, ender, erode, inane, inned, inner, irade, irone, nadir, noria, oared, orbed, oread, rabid, radio, radon, ranee, ranid, rebid, redan, redia, redon, renin, robed, robin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-n-n-o-r" | |
+2 letters: debonairness. | |
+3 letters: nondeliberate. | |
+4 letters: debonairnesses, inconsiderable, indemonstrable. | |
+5 letters: subordinateness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 62 6F 6E 6E 61 69 72 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -... --- -. -. .- .. .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100010 01101111 01101110 01101110 01100001 01101001 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e b o n n a i r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0062 006F 006E 006E 0061 0069 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38716881808067758471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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