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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''debonere'', from Anglo-French ''deboneire'', from ''de bon aire'' of [[good]] [[family]] or [[nature]]

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''debonere'', from Anglo-French ''deboneire'', from ''de bon aire'' of [[good]] [[family]] or [[nature]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1archaic : [[gentle]], courteous

*1archaic : [[gentle]], courteous

*[[buoyant]], carefree, easy, suave, smooth, elegant, dapper, [[polite]], refined.

*[[buoyant]], carefree, easy, suave, smooth, elegant, dapper, [[polite]], refined.

==Quote==

==Quote==

<blockquote>The frolic [[wind]] that [[breathes]] the [[spring]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyrus Zephyr] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28mythology%29 Aurora] playing, As he met her once a-Maying, There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and '''debonair'''. - -[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton John Milton]

<blockquote>The frolic [[wind]] that [[breathes]] the [[spring]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyrus Zephyr] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28mythology%29 Aurora] playing, As he met her once a-Maying, There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and '''debonair'''. - -[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton John Milton]

c.1631 L'Allegro, l.18^24. The'daughter fair' is Euphrosyne, or Mirth, one of the Three Graces.</blockquote>

c.1631 L'Allegro, l.18^24. The'daughter fair' is Euphrosyne, or Mirth, one of the Three Graces.</blockquote>

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]