‖ bonhomie
(bɔnɔmi, ˈbɒnəmɪ)
Also bonhommie.
[mod.F. bonhomie, formerly bonhommie, f. bonhomme.]
Good nature; the quality of being a good fellow.
| 1803 M. Edgeworth Belinda (1832) I. iii. 48 My lord swallowed the remedy..with a bonhommie which it did me good to behold. 1815 Scott Guy M. xxxix, The bonhommie of his character. 1850 W. Irving Goldsm. xiv. 174 That bonhommie which won the hearts of all who knew him. 1878 Morley Diderot II. 259 Diderot's candour, simplicity, happy bonhomie, and sincerity. |