jaunty

See also: Jaunty

English

Etymology

Formerly spelt janty, from French gentil. See gentle, and compare genty.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːn.ti/
(some accents) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɑːn.ti/

Adjective

jaunty (comparative jauntier, superlative jauntiest)

Airy; showy; finical.
(by extension) Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
Dapper or stylish.
He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
Ostentatiously self-confident.
He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.

Translations

airy, showy, or affected

Dutch: luchtig (nl)
Finnish: leuhka, kopea (fi)
German: affektiert (de), prätentiös (de), übermütig (de), fröhlich (de), keck (de), munter (de)

Russian: показно́й (ru) (pokaznój), манерный (ru) m (manernyj), вычурный (ru) m (vyčurnyj)
Spanish: alegre (es), animado (es)

dapper or stylish

Czech: elegantní
Finnish: tyylikäs (fi), leuhka

German: schick (de), kess (de), fesch (de), flott (de)
Russian: изы́сканный (ru) m (izýskannyj), сти́льный (ru) m (stílʹnyj), изя́щный (ru) m (izjáščnyj)

ostentatiously self-confident

Czech: lehkovážný
Finnish: itsevarma (fi), leuhka
German: selbstzufrieden, selbstgerecht (de), übermütig (de), schwungvoll (de)

Russian: развя́зный (ru) (razvjáznyj), беспе́чный (ru) (bespéčnyj), небре́жный (ru) (nebréžnyj), самоуверенный (ru) m (samouverennyj)
Spanish: desenvuelto (es)

References

Jaunting-Car in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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