jaunty

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  1. adjective Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
  2. adjective Crisp and dapper in appearance; natty.
  3. adjective Archaic Stylish.
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  • Scene 1: Simon Baker's Patrick Jane plops down on the beach wearing a very jaunty, expensive-looking, three-piece suit. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Scissor Sisters, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin '": If I could take a picture of this song, I'd paste it in my dictionary alongside the word "jaunty." —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Many had gelled or styled shorter hair, carried banded sports bags and wore their ties in a "jaunty" or casual way. —  Neatorama
  • Finally, Rob Weinert-Kendt at the Wicked Stage blog has posted this jaunty (and very silly) video of a clowning class at the University of Southern California - a good antidote to all that new year glumness. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • Underneath the longest of these bridges is Makoko, a cluster of shacks sticking up jaunty-legged from the jet-black water. —  Slate Magazine
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brisk ·  rakish ·  coquettish ·  cocky ·  buoyant ·  debonair ·  blithe ·  businesslike ·  dapper ·  sprightly ·  unhurried ·  cheery
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French gentil, nice, from Old French, noble; see gentle.

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  1. First in the latter part of the 17th century, with various spellings janty, jantee, jauntee, etc., also accented as if F., janté, Jantée, being an imperfect imitation, in English spelling, of the contemporary F. pronunciation of French gentil, otherwise Englished as genteel and in older form gentle; the form genty, with English vowel sound, also occurs, and, in Middle English, gent, from Old French gent, an abbreviation of gentil: see gentle, genteel, gent, genty.
 

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/ˈdʒɑnti/
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