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jaunty
(encz) | jaunty,veselý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Jaunty
(gcide) | Jaunty \Jaun"ty\, a. [Compar. Jauntier; superl. Jauntiest.]
[Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See Gentle, and cf.
Genty.]
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or
fantastical manner.
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jaunty
(wn) | jaunty
adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy,
snappy, spruce]
2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty] |
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jaunty car
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Jaunty
(gcide) | Jaunty \Jaun"ty\, a. [Compar. Jauntier; superl. Jauntiest.]
[Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See Gentle, and cf.
Genty.]
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or
fantastical manner.
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jaunty car
(gcide) | Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jaunting.] [Cf. Scot. jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt,
jeer, dial. Sw. ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh.
akin to E. jump. Cf. Jaunce.]
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1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
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2. To ride on a jaunting car.
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Jaunting car, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in
Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting
back to back. [Written also jaunty car.] --Thackeray.
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jaunty car
(wn) | jaunty car
n 1: an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in
Ireland [syn: jaunting car, jaunty car] |
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