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[ bon-uh-mee, bon-uh-mee; French baw-naw-mee ] / ˌbɒn əˈmi, ˈbɒn əˌmi; French bɔ nɔˈmi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bonhomie ON THESAURUS.COM
nounfrank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality. Origin of bonhomie1795–1805; <French, equivalent to bonhomme good-natured man (see boon2, Homo) + -ie-y3 OTHER WORDS FROM bonhomiebon·ho·mous [bon-uh-muhs], /ˈbɒn ə məs/, adjectiveWords nearby bonhomiebon gré, mal gré, bonham, Bonheur, bonheur-du-jour, Bonhoeffer, bonhomie, Bonhomme Richard, bonhomous, Boniface, Boniface I, Boniface II Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bonhomieA national security conference in Canada brings out the bonhomie among U.S. senators. Politics End In Halifax As Democratic and GOP Senators Seek Common Ground on National Security|Tim Mak|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST At the Globes, the night is all bonhomie, backslapping and table-hopping. The Gaudy, Gauche and Sometimes Corrupt Greatness of the Golden Globes|Richard Rushfield|January 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST It was a happening, a celebration of “La Julia,” as the Italians called her, who dished up advice along with bonhomie and cheer. She Taught Me to Cook—and Called Me a Klutz|Sandra McElwaine|August 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST And yet she was so good-natured, so full of fun and bonhomie! A Modern Tomboy|L. T. Meade
They talked of other matters, but Nigel had lost all his bonhomie, and seemed unable to recover it. Bella Donna|Robert Hichens It was certainly a very delicate matter, but the Count's politeness and bonhomie encouraged him to proceed. Monte-Cristo's Daughter|Edmund Flagg He did not disdain to attend to my affair himself; he even showed an emphatic, if not ponderous, bonhomie. On the Stairs|Henry B. Fuller Well, thought I, if social badinage and bonhomie were as pleasant and easy as this, why hadn't my mother——? Memoirs of a Midget|Walter de la Mare
British Dictionary definitions for bonhomie/ (ˈbɒnəmiː, French bɔnɔmi) /
Word Origin for bonhomieC18: from French, from bonhomme good-humoured fellow, from bon good + homme man Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bonhomiegeniality, agreeability, congeniality, cordiality, niceness, amenity, sociableness, amiableness, agreeableness, warmth, pleasantness, sociability, friendliness, graciousness, good-naturedness, affability, sweetness, congenialness, cordialness, genialness |