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bonhomous

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bon·ho·mie  (bn-m)
n.
A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality.

[French, from bonhomme, good-natured man : bon, good (from Latin bonus; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots) + homme, man (from Latin hom; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots).]

bonho·mous (bn-ms) adj.

bonhomous [ˈbɒnəməs]
adj
exhibiting bonhomie
Translations
bonhomous
adj, bonhomously
advjovial


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Impulsive and bonhomous, Saakashvili, meanwhile, is clearly the temperamental opposite of Putin, the sober and clinical former KGB colonel.
The night before His Excellency and I shared our little chat, I'd seen him up on stage presenting a couple of awards, a tall man of martial bearing, checked shirt and blazer, a bluff confident off-the-cuff speaker with a bonhomous jest about the Royal Australian Air Force bombers for a fellow veteran and some splendid remarks about the virtues of clarity in writing for a journalistic recipient.
But the good-hearted Fergus cannot keep his heart from going out to the equally bonhomous Jody, who, sure that he is doomed, makes Fergus promise to look up his girl, Dil.
 
 
 
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