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bon⋅ho⋅mie

  [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; < F, equiv. to bonhomme good-natured man (see boon 2 , Homo ) + -ie -y 3

Related forms:
bon⋅ho⋅mous  [bon-uh-muhs] , adjective
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bon·ho·mie   (bŏn'ə-mē')   
n.  A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality.

[French, from bonhomme, good-natured man : bon, good (from Latin bonus; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots) + homme, man (from Latin homō; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots).]
bon'ho·mous (bŏn'ə-məs) adj.
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Word Origin & History

bonhomie 
"good nature," from Fr., from bon "good" + homme "man."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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