bonhomie

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Her eyes, very blue and shadowless, met his stare with a kind of bonhomie--almost a Masonic understanding--and the uncompromising antagonism that replied seemed to check her.

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  1. noun A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality.

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

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  1. French, from bonhomme, a simple, easy man, from bon, good (see boon), + homme, from Latin homo, man. Cf. goodman.
 

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/bɑnɑˈmi/
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