debonairnessn.
The quality of being debonair: see the adjective.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun]
manshipOE
metheOE
courtesy?c1225
debonairty?c1225
gentrice?c1225
debonairshipa1240
hendlaika1250
fairnessc1275
hendiness?a1300
hendshipc1300
meeknessc1300
bonairty1303
bonairnessc1375
debonairness1382
humanityc1384
menskinga1400
hendnessc1400
comity1542
civilness1556
civility1561
courtshipa1640
discretion1752
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > agreeable behaviour > affability
affability?1483
affableness1587
debonairty1600
debonair1697
debonairness1753
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms xliv. [xlv.] 5 For treuthe, and debonernesse, and riȝtwisnesse.
1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 548 That there should be all Kindness, Condescending, Benignity and Debonairness in them.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxxi. 202 From whom can spirits, can chearfulness, can debonnairness be expected, if not from a good man?
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 42 With all the gaiety and debonairness in the world.
1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row x. 99 A notable claim to decency and debonairness.
1964 Listener 13 Aug. 248/1 His breezy debonairness depends on the convention of public-school illiteracy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1382