bonhomie
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Definition of bonhomie
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
“His ungainly person and awkward manners were against him with men accustomed to the graces of society, and he was not sufficiently at home to give play to his humor and to that bonhomie which won the hearts of all who knew him.”
“[T]he unknown Arlo Guthrie takes the stage, ending up in the movie, and – through sheer bonhomie – selling a million copies of Alice's Restaurant.”
“While Mr. Romney was used to being the man in charge, as a former CEO, governor, and presidential nominee, Mr. Curtis has spent the last seven years in Congress quietly developing a reputation for bipartisan bonhomie.”
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noun
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(uncountable, usually)A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
“His ungainly person and awkward manners were against him with men accustomed to the graces of society, and he was not sufficiently at home to give play to his humor and to that bonhomie which won the hearts of all who knew him.”
“[T]he unknown Arlo Guthrie takes the stage, ending up in the movie, and – through sheer bonhomie – selling a million copies of Alice's Restaurant.”
“While Mr. Romney was used to being the man in charge, as a former CEO, governor, and presidential nominee, Mr. Curtis has spent the last seven years in Congress quietly developing a reputation for bipartisan bonhomie.”
- (uncountable, usually)An atmosphere of friendliness and good cheer.
- (countable, usually)A cheerful remark.
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Etymology
PIE word *dʰéǵʰōm Borrowed from French bonhomie, bonhommie (“good-heartedness; extreme credulity”), from bonhomme (“chap, fellow; courageous man; peasant; unwise man who allows himself to be deceived and dominated”) (from bon (“good”) + homme (“man”)) + -ie (suffix forming feminine, usually abstract, nouns).
Words you can make from bonhomie
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39 words- HEM 8 pts
- HIM 8 pts
- HOB 8 pts
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- MHO 8 pts
- OHM 8 pts
- MIB 7 pts
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- NOO 3 pts
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