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Main Entry:  aplomb1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  great self-confidence; self-assuredness
Etymology:  Middle French a plomb 'according to the plummet'

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Main Entry:  aplomb2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  perpendicularity
Etymology:  Middle French a plomb 'according to the plummet'

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a·plomb    Audio Help   [uh-plom, uh-pluhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.
2.the perpendicular, or vertical, position.
[Origin: 1820–30; < F à plomb according to the plummet, i.e., straight up and down, vertical position]

—Synonyms 1. composure, equanimity, imperturbability.
—Antonyms 1. confusion, discomposure; doubt, uncertainty.
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a·plomb    Audio Help   (ə-plŏm', ə-plŭm')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Self-confident assurance; poise. See Synonyms at confidence.


[French, from Old French a plomb, perpendicularly : a, according to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + plomb, lead weight (from Latin plumbum, lead).]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
aplomb 
"assurance, confidence," 1828, from Fr., lit. "perpendicularity," from phrase à plomb "poised upright, balanced," lit. "on the plumb line," from L. plumbum "(the metal) lead" (see plumb), of which the weight at the end of the line was made.

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aplomb

noun
great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" 

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Aplomb

A`plomb"\, n. [F., lit. perpendicularity; ? to + plomb lead. See Plumb.] Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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