Bonhomie Definition

bŏnə-mē
noun
Good nature; pleasant, affable manner; amiability.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
bonhomie
Plural:
bonhomies

Origin of Bonhomie

  • French from bonhomme good-natured man bon good (from Latin bonus deu-2 in Indo-European roots) homme man (from Latin homō dhghem- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French bonhomie; from bonhomme (“good-natured man”); from bon (“good”) + homme (“man”).

    From Wiktionary

Bonhomie Sentence Examples

  • It is not too much to say that his imperturbable equanimity, his serene bonhomie kept the host together.

  • He lacked, moreover, the tact and bonhomie of the Jagiellos; but in fairness it should be added that the Jagiellos were natives of the soil, that they had practically made the monarchy, and that they could always play Lithuania off against Poland.

  • Laromiguiere taught the philosophy of Locke and Condillac, happily modified on some points, with a clearness and grace which in appearance at least removed difficulties, and with a charm of spiritual bonhomie which penetrated and subdued."

  • The natural bonhomie that characterizes Venables has faded to a fixed grimace.

  • Room 101 currently has an air of all too chummy bonhomie wafting about.

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Words Starting With

BBOBON

Words Ending With

EIEMIE

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Words Starting With B and Ending With E

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With B8 Letter Words Ending With E