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flair

[ flair ]

noun

  1. a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:

    a flair for rhyming.

  2. smartness of style, manner, etc.:

    Their window display has absolutely no flair at all.

    Synonyms: pizazz, oomph, verve, panache, dash, chic

  3. keen, intuitive perception or discernment:

    We want a casting director with a real flair for finding dramatic talent.

  4. Hunting. scent; sense of smell.


flair

1

/ flIr /

noun

  1. See floor
    a Scot word for floor


flair

2

/ flɛə /

noun

  1. natural ability; talent; aptitude
  2. instinctive discernment; perceptiveness
  3. stylishness or elegance; dash

    to dress with flair

  4. rare.
    hunting
    1. the scent left by quarry
    2. the sense of smell of a hound

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flair1

First recorded before 1350–1400; Middle English, from French, Old French: “scent,” noun derivative of flairier “to reek,” ultimately from unattested Vulgar Latin flāgrāre, dissimilated variant of Latin frāgrāre; fragrant

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flair1

C19: from French, literally: sense of smell, from Old French: scent, from flairier to give off a smell, ultimately from Latin frāgrāre to smell sweet; see fragrant

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Example Sentences

To add to the conspiratorial flair, they added that the DA told them not to talk to the FBI or the CIA either.

“They are motivated by insecurity, fear, lack of imagination and above all, a lack of flair,” he said.

So far Murdoch has not shown the same flair in his digital enterprises as he has with print.

Transcendence, starring Johnny Depp, is the latest in a series of Hollywood films with what you might call a transhumanist flair.

She does not shy from a fight, and she has a flair for political theater to make Ted Cruz envious.

Ayant flair, il distingue hardiment entre un opportuniste et un radical.

It is here that the teaching of the critic comes in, with the flair of the actor-manager.

And she had by now developed a kind of flair in the woods, which was the astonishment of Captain Dell, himself no mean forester.

Her tact, her diplomacies, her flair for engrafting herself, would be the very best support to his direct methods of assault.

Mrs. Forrester had a flair for genius and needed no popular accrediting to make it manifest to her.

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