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flair (fler)

noun

  1. Obsolete sense of smell; hence, keen, natural discernment
  2. a natural talent or ability; aptitude; knack
  3. a sense of what is stylish and striking; dash

Etymology: ME, odor, fragrance < OFr < flairer, to emit an odor < LL flagrare, for L fragrare, to smell, reek < IE *bhrag-, prob. < base *bher-, to boil up > barm, breath

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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