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bonhomie

[bon-uh-mee, bon-uh-mee; Fr. baw-naw-mee]

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noun

frank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality.

Origin:
1795–1805; < French, equivalent to bonhomme good-natured man (see boon², Homo) + -ie -y³

Related forms

bon·ho·mous

[bon-uh-muhs] , adjective

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bonhomie (ˈbɒnəmiː, French bɔnɔmi)

—n
	exuberant friendliness

[C18: from French, from bonhomme good-humoured fellow, from bon good + homme man]

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bonhomie

"good nature," 1803, from Fr., from bonhomme "good man," from bon "good" (see bon) + homme "man."

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