debonaire

== English == === Adjective === debonaire (comparative more debonaire, superlative most debonaire) Alternative spelling of debonair. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === debeneire, debonar, debonere, deboneure, debonoure === Etymology === From Old French debonaire (“of good disposition”). === Adjective === debonaire meek, mild, humble, gentle, kind courteous, gracious benign, favorable ==== Descendants ==== English: debonair === Further reading === “debonaire, adj. & n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Alternative forms === debonair, deboneir, deboneire, deboner, debonere, deboniere, debonnaire, debuneire === Etymology === de +‎ bone +‎ aire. === Adjective === debonaire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular debonaire) noble; of a good bloodline (by extension) good; positive; favorable good-natured, meek, mild, humble, gentle, kind (theology) blessed handsome, elegant ==== Descendants ==== French: débonnaire → Italian: bonario → Middle English: debonaire English: debonair === Further reading === debonaire on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub