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comportment
Use
Comportment
in a sentence
com·port·ment
/
kəmˈpɔrt
mənt, -ˈpoʊrt-
/
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[
k
uh
m-
pawrt
-m
uh
nt, -
pohrt
-
]
Show IPA
noun
personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior.
Origin:
1590–1600;
<
Middle French
comportement.
See
comport
1
,
-ment
Synonyms
See
behavior
.
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comportment
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comportment
(kəmˈpɔːtmənt)
—
n
conduct; bearing
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
comportment
c.1600, from Fr. comportement "bearing, behavior," from comporter (13c.) "to be disposed, arranged, laid out," from L. comportare (see
comport
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Trouble is, it wasn't supposed to be public, so maybe the expectations for
presidential
comportment
should be relaxed.
Schizophrenia is a clinical syndrome involving a number of complex
abnormalities of human perception, cognition, and
comportment
.
We proceeded with the pat-down, which he conducted with all courtesy and
professional
comportment
.
In some circles, of course, this is regarded as the
comportment
of visionaries.
The candidate truly was outstanding in
comportment
and credentials, and he was recognized as such by the search committee.
Findings revealed considerable tension between popularity as public
comportment
and friendship as private communication.
The other examines his decidedly unnatural
comportment
in the presence of ordinary people.
It should be emphasized that the problem remained one of
comportment
.
So different-in age, colouring and
comportment
-they nevertheless share some connection.
The term for such poor
comportment
-flaming-became one of the first bits of net jargon to enter common usage.
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