Debonair

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dÉ›bəˈneÉ™(ɹ)/
• US enPR: dÄ›b-É™-nÉ›r', IPA: /dÉ›bəˈnɛɹ/

Alternative forms

• debonaire

Origin

Old French debonaire, from the phrase de bon aire "of good stock, noble".

Full definition of debonair

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Gracious, courteous.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:Let be that Ladie debonaire,
  Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire
  To battell ....
2. Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
3. (especially of men) Charming, confident and carefully dressed.

Anagrams

• diborane