JAUNTIEST

JAUNTY

chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty

(adjective) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; ā€œlooking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own witā€- Frances G. Patton; ā€œlife that is gay, brisk, and debonairā€- H.M.Reynolds; ā€œwalked with a jaunty stepā€; ā€œa jaunty optimistā€

dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce

(adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; ā€œa dapper young manā€; ā€œa jaunty red hatā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

jauntiest

superlative form of jaunty: most jaunty

Source: Wiktionary


JAUNTY

Jaun"ty, a. [Compar. Jauntier; superl. Jauntiest.] Etym: [Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See Gentle, and cf. Genty.]

Definition: Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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