Bonhomie Definition

bŏnə-mē
noun
Good nature; pleasant, affable manner; amiability.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bonhomie

Noun

Singular:
bonhomie
Plural:
bonhomies

Origin of Bonhomie

  • French from bonhomme good-natured man bon good (from Latin bonus deu-2 in Indo-European roots) homme man (from Latin homō dhghem- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French bonhomie; from bonhomme (“good-natured man”); from bon (“good”) + homme (“man”).

    From Wiktionary

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