aplomb

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  1. noun Self-confident assurance; poise. See Synonyms at confidence.

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  • Sure getting into exclusive nightspots required a lot of stylishness but once you knew how to wield a riding crop with aplomb, they usually waved you through.Next update: Thursday August 31
  • Ham's aplomb, his air of being always at ease, confident of himself, was remarkable. —  036 - Mystery Under the Sea
  • She seemed to go through the tense minutes with excellent aplomb, then have trouble with the reaction afterwards. —  138 - The Shape of Terror
  • It takes great confidence and aplomb, as well as technical expertise, to go in for singularity and convolution on such a scale; and Gladys Mitchell deserves credit for possessing all these qualities. —  The Saltmarsh Murders - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 04 - 1945
  • He could never quite match the French for aplomb, and his harem closely resembled a squawking hen-house. —  Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, from Old French a plomb, perpendicularly : a, according to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + plomb, lead weight (from Latin plumbum, lead).

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  1. French, self-possession, assurauce, literally perpendicularity, from ἀ plomb, perpendicular, plumb: α\ (from Latin ad), to; plomb, plumb, plummet: see plumb.
 

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