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Bonhomie

//ˈbɒnəmiː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness. uncountable, usually

    "His ungainly person and awkward manners were against him with men accustomed to the graces of society, and he was not sufficiently at home to give play to his humor and to that bonhomie which won the hearts of all who knew him."

  2. 2
    a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) wordnet
  3. 3
    An atmosphere of friendliness and good cheer. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    A cheerful remark. countable, usually

Etymology

PIE word *dʰéǵʰōm Borrowed from French bonhomie, bonhommie (“good-heartedness; extreme credulity”), from bonhomme (“chap, fellow; courageous man; peasant; unwise man who allows himself to be deceived and dominated”) (from bon (“good”) + homme (“man”)) + -ie (suffix forming feminine, usually abstract, nouns).

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