单词 | debonairty |
释义 | † debonairtydebonarityn. Obsolete. Debonair character or disposition; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability. 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 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 285 Þurch his de boneirete luue hefde ouercumen him. a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 269 Debonairte of herte. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋466 This Ire is with deboneirete and it is wroþ withoute bitternes. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. liii. 163 This cometh..of youre debonayrtee. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccix/2 Pacyence, humylyte, debonarete, & wyllefull obedyence. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. xlvi. 1089 The goodnature and debonaritie [L. facilitas] of the two Censors. 1637 J. Bastwick Answer to Exceptions against Letany ii. 3/2 A Prince of surpassing debonerity. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 270 The chearfull debonairity expressed therein. 1688 Bp. S. Parker Reasons abrogating Test 2 He quickly repents him of that Debonarity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.?c1225 |
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