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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Self-possession springing from perfect confidence in one's self; assurance.

Wiktionary

  1. n. self-confidence; poise; composure.
  2. n. stability; the basic law of ballet.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. great coolness and composure under strain

Etymologies

  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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  • damoiseau one of my favoritest words. Sep 26, 2011

  • reesetee Really? I always thought of it as rather dashing. :-) May 31, 2007

  • gjmurphy Such a straight-backed, leaden word. May 31, 2007

  • abraxaszugzwang Sad news, eh? My mom had tickets for an upcoming Beatlejuice show :( Mar 11, 2007

  • quotato "They were the only local act to regularly perform two nights a month there when Boston wasn't on tour -- and the principal draw was Brad, who sang John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison songs with equal aplomb and never turned away an autograph-seeker afterward." Mar 10, 2007

‘aplomb’ has been looked up 3815 times, loved by 26 people, added to 165 lists, commented on 5 times, and has a Scrabble score of 12.