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grand air
[properly Fr., but pronounced like the Eng. words of identical form and etymology.]
An air of distinction; a noble appearance; also (in bad sense) an affected dignity or loftiness of manner.
1775H. Walpole Lett. (1857) VI. 212, I like the hotel d'Harcourt; it has grand air and a kind of Louis XIV old fashionhood. 1863Ouida Held in Bondage 3 He had more of the ‘grand air’ about him than anyone else I had ever seen. 1881H. James Portr. Lady xxxv, The proportions of the windows, and even the details of the cornice, had quite the grand air.
Hence grand-aired a., having a grand air.
1881Academy 5 Mar. 167 Worried by a severe aunt and a grand-aired cousin. |