[deb-uh-nair] 
| 1. | courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm: a debonair gentleman. |
| 2. | jaunty; carefree; sprightly. |
| deb·o·nair also deb·o·naire (děb'ə-nâr') adj.
[Middle English debonaire, gracious, kindly, from Old French, from de bon aire, of good lineage or disposition : de, of (from Latin dē; see de-) + bon, bonne, good (from Latin bonus; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots) + aire, nest, family; see aerie.] deb'o·nair'ly adv., deb'o·nair'ness n. |