debonair, debonaire, deboneire, debonere

[Fr. débonnaire. The word appeared in literature as late as the middle of the eighteenth century.] Of good manners or breeding; affable, courteous, agreeable, accomplished. "Courtiers as free, as debonair , unarm'd, As bending angels; that's their fame in peace." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , i. 8. děb-on-air-lỹ, *de-bon-ayr-ly, *de-boner-ly, adv . [Eng. debonair; -ly .] With good breeding or manners; courteously, affably, winningly, elegantly. "And up his look debonairly he caste." Chaucer Troilus , ii. 1,259, děb-on-air-ne , *de-bo-ner-ne e, s. [Eng. debonair ; -ne .] Good manners or breeding, courtesy, elegance, affability. "For treuthe and debonerne e and righteoisne e." -Wycliffe : Ps. xliv. 5. *děb-on äir-ty, *de-bō-näir-I-ty, *debone i rete, *debonerte, s. [Old Fr. deb on a i rete ; Fr. débonnaireté .] The same as DEBONAIRNESS (q. v.). the debonairity and facility of the king."Donne: Hist. of the Septuagint (1633), p. 24. *děb-on-näir', a . [DEBONAIR.] *děb-on-näir-lý, adv . [DEBONAIRLY.] *děb-on-näir'-ne , s. [DEBONAIRNESS.] *dě-börd', *de-board, *de-baurd, v. i. [Fr. dé border.] To depart from the right way, to go to exce , to go beyond bounds. "It is a wonder that men should take pleasure to deboard in their clothing,."-Durham: Ten Com mand., p. 362. *de-börd', *de-baur, s. [DEBORD, v.] A going beyond bounds or to exce . *dě-börd-ment, s. [Eng. debord; -ment.] Ex dě bôu chê, s. [Fr.] 1. An opening, a mouth. 2. A mart, a market. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; debt dě-bôu-chüre', s. [Fr.] A mouth or opening of a river. *de-bout, v. t. [Fr. débouter .] To thrust from. "Yet his fraud was detected before they came home, and he debouted , and put from that authority."-Hume Hist . Doug ., p. 264. *de-break, *de-breke, v . t . [Pref. de , and Eng break (q. v.).] To agitate, to tear. "The unclene goost debrekynge hym, wente away fro hym."- Wycliffe Mark i. 26.