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comportment

[ kuhm-pawrt-muhnt, -pohrt- ]

noun

  1. personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior.


comportment

/ kəmˈpɔːtmənt /

noun

  1. conduct; bearing


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Word History and Origins

Origin of comportment1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French comportement; comport 1, -ment

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Example Sentences

And those now have very little to do with any notion of excellence, either of character or of comportment.

The comportment of beef in an atmosphere of carbonic acid, to which carbonic oxide has been added, is curious.

She noted the trim figure of him in its peculiar garb, the proud carriage, the even and easy comportment under insult.

He did everything right—too right; and in dress and comportment was inevitably correct.

His subjects regarded him with fear and trembling, and his comportment toward his weaker neighbors was a growing menace.

They had stepped beyond the bounds of gentlemanly comportment, he contended.

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