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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 |
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| *[[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> |
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| [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] |