bonhomous, a.
(ˈbɒnəməs)
Also (rare) bonhomm(i)ous.
[f. bonhomie + -ous.]
Full of bonhomie or good-fellowship. Hence ˈbonhomously adv.
| 1905 Spectator 18 Feb. 257/2 A delightful bonhommious person. 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister Street II. iii. v. 593 ‘He's not a very bonhomous lad,’ said Lonsdale. 1927 Observer 10 July 6 The hearty and bonhomous J. D. Marstock. 1928 E. Waugh Decline & Fall x. 109 Lady C.'s hardly what you might call bonhommous. 1960 Spectator 5 Feb. 185 An air of bonhomous candour. 1965 Economist 5 June 1126/1 The American Secretary of Defence departs..waving bonhomously. |