jaunty

jaun·ty  (jônt, jän-)

adj. jaun·ti·er, jaun·ti·est

1. Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

2. Crisp and dapper in appearance; natty.

3. Archaic

a. Stylish.

b. Genteel.

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[French gentil, nice, from Old French, noble; see gentle.]

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jaunti·ly adv.

jaunti·ness n.

Word History: French not only gave us hundreds of words, it sometimes gave us the same word more than once. A prime example is Old French gentil, "high-born, noble." In the early 1200s, this was borrowed into Middle English and spelled as gentile, which later developed to mean "having the character of a nobleman, courteous," and, by the 1500s, "soft, mild." After some changes in spelling, the result was Modern English gentle. French gentil was borrowed again into English at the end of the 16th century, also in the spelling gentile and meaning "well-bred, belonging to or appropriate to the gentry." In the ensuing century it came also to mean "courteous, elegant," and continues to do so today as the word genteel. Since the spelling gentile did not accurately represent the word's French pronunciation, in the 17th century some people wrote it jantee or janty. This word took on a life of its own: while it originally meant "well-bred," by the 1670s it meant "easy or unconcerned in manner," and thence "spritely, lively, brisk." Thus was born jaunty. The French gentil that spawned these words comes from Latin gentlis, which meant simply "belonging to (the same) gns or family." It is from the original Latin meaning that we get the modern word gentile, borrowed in the 14th century (again through French) meaning, essentially, "belonging to the same family as all non-Jews."

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jaunty

Adjective

[-tier, -tiest]

1. cheerful and energetic: he was worried beneath the jaunty air

2. smart and attractive: a jaunty little hat [French gentil noble]

jauntily adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	jaunty - marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" natty, raffish, rakish, dapper, spiffy, spruce, dashing, snappy fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
	2.	jaunty - having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist" chipper, debonair, debonaire cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

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jaunty

adjective 1. sprightly, buoyant, carefree, high-spirited, gay, lively, airy, breezy, perky, sparky, self-confident << OPPOSITE serious

adjective 2. smart, trim, gay, dapper, spruce, showy

Translations

jaunty [ˈdʒɔːntɪ] adj → alegre (= relaxed); desenvuelto

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jaunty [ˈdʒɔːntɪ] adj → enjoué(e) → désinvolte

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jaunty [ˈdʒɔːntɪ] jaunt adj → munter;

(step) → schwungvoll

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jaunty [ˈdʒɔːntɪ] adj → vivace; disinvolto/a, spigliato/a

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jaunty

adj jaunty [ˈdʒoːnti]

cheerful, bright, lively a jaunty mood/hat. lugtig مَرِح، أنيق весел uvolněný, živý; apartní frisk; livlig munter κεφάτος, ζωηρός alegre, garboso lõbus, rõõmus سرزنده hilpeä désinvolte עַלִיז, שׂבָע רָצוֹן מֵעַצמוֹ जिन्दादिल živahan, veseo könnyed ceria líflegur diinvolto, sbarazzino 陽気な 명랑한 pakilus, prašmatnus mundrs; bezrūpīgs; dzīvespriecīgs ceria kwiek kjekk, livlig, feiende wesoły lépido dezinvolt бойкий veselý; elegantný živahen veseo hurtig, käck ร่าเริง şen şakrak; şık, gösterişli 洋洋得意的，時髦的 веселий, жвавий خوش باش vui nhộn 洋洋得意的，时髦的

adv jauntily

swierig بِمَرَح، بأناقَه жизнерадостно vesele, čile friskt; livligt munter κεφάτα, ζωηρά con garbo lõbusalt, rõõmsalt بطور سرحال hilpeästi avec désinvolture בְּעַלִיזוּת प्रसन्नता živahno, veselo könnyeden riang líflega con disinvoltura 陽気に 명랑하게 pakiliai, prašmatniai mundri; bezrūpīgi dengan ceria kwiek kjekt, friskt, fandenivoldsk beztrosko lepidamente cu dezinvoltură бойко veselo; elegantne živahno veselo hurtighet, käckhet อย่างร่าเริง şen şakrak bir şekilde 洋洋得意地 весело, жваво خوش باشی سے một cách vui nhộn 洋洋得意地

n jauntiness

swierigheid, elegansie مَرَح ، أناقَه жизнерадостност veselost; elegance friskhed; livlighed die Munterkeit κέφι, ζωντάνια soltura, garbo lõbusus, rõõmsameelsus سرزندگی hilpeys désinvolture עַלִיזוּת प्रसन्नता živahnost, veselje gondtalanság, könnyedség keceriaan kæruleysi; glaðværð disinvoltura 陽気さ 명랑함 prašmatnumas, gyvumas mundrums; bezrūpība keceriaan kwiekheid fandenivoldskhet beztroska vivacidade dezinvoltură бойкость veselosť; elegancia živahnost veselost hurtighet, käckhet ความร่าเริง şen şakraklık 洋洋得意 жвавість خوش باشی sự vui nhộn 洋洋得意