aplombn.
/əˈplɒm/, /aˈplɒ̃/, U.S. /əˈplɑm/, /əˈpləm/, /əˈploʊm/ 1. ‘The perpendicular’; perpendicularity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [noun] > quality of being
verticality1838
aplomb1872
1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada iii. 69 We sprang on, never resting long enough to lose the aplomb.
1880 A. D. Whitney Odd or Even? iii. 23 The girl jumped, with clean aplomb, from the wagon-wheel to the broad door-stone.
2. Assurance, confidence, self-possession, coolness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [noun] > self-confidence
self-assurance1595
self-confidence1604
self-possession1665
aplomb1828
self-assuredness1858
self-efficacy1930
swag2002
1828 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) IV. 548 They never present themselves with any aplomb; but always with some lurking recognition of the power of their adversaries.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. xi. 291 Impatience of her chilly ceremony, and annoyance at her want of aplomb.
3. attributive quasi-adj. Self-possessed, confident.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective] > self-confident
self-confiding1647
self-assured1668
self-possessed1766
aplomb1865
hensure1929
together1969
1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys 220 Her ordinary, aplomb fashion of speech.
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