adj
Meaning 1
Airy; showy; finical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jaunty
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Dapper or stylish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pert
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Ostentatiously self-confident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
A traditional nickname for a Royal Navy master-at-arms
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A master-at-arms onboard a Royal Navy ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air- Frances G. Patton- H.M.Reynolds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit
- life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
- walked with a jaunty step
- a jaunty optimist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chipper, debonair, debonaire
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a dapper young man
- a jaunty red hat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dapper, dashing, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Formerly spelt janty, from French gentil. See gentle, and compare genty. Doublet of genteel, gentile, and gentle.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: наперен (naperen) — airy, showy, or affected
- Catalan: afectat — airy, showy, or affected
- Catalan: pretenciós — airy, showy, or affected
- Catalan: arrogant — airy, showy, or affected
- Czech: živý — airy, showy, or affected
- Czech: bujarý — airy, showy, or affected
- Dutch: luchtig — airy, showy, or affected
- Finnish: leuhka — airy, showy, or affected
- Finnish: kopea — airy, showy, or affected
- Georgian: მხიარული (mxiaruli) — airy, showy, or affected
- Georgian: მოჩვენებითი (močvenebiti) — airy, showy, or affected
- German: affektiert — airy, showy, or affected
- German: prätentiös — airy, showy, or affected
- German: übermütig — airy, showy, or affected
- German: fröhlich — airy, showy, or affected
- German: keck — airy, showy, or affected
- German: munter — airy, showy, or affected
- Russian: показно́й (pokaznój) — airy, showy, or affected
- Russian: манерный (manernyj) — airy, showy, or affected
- Russian: вычурный (vyčurnyj) — airy, showy, or affected
- Spanish: alegre — airy, showy, or affected
- Spanish: animado — airy, showy, or affected
- Spanish: jacarandoso — airy, showy, or affected
- Bulgarian: изискан (iziskan) — dapper or stylish
- Bulgarian: изящен (izjašten) — dapper or stylish
- Czech: elegantní — dapper or stylish
- Esperanto: fajna — dapper or stylish
- Esperanto: pimpa — dapper or stylish
- Finnish: tyylikäs — dapper or stylish
- Finnish: leuhka — dapper or stylish
- Georgian: ელეგანტური (eleganṭuri) — dapper or stylish
- Georgian: დახვეწილი (daxvec̣ili) — dapper or stylish
- German: schick — dapper or stylish
- German: kess — dapper or stylish
- German: fesch — dapper or stylish
- German: flott — dapper or stylish
- Portuguese: janota — dapper or stylish
- Russian: изы́сканный (izýskannyj) — dapper or stylish
- Russian: сти́льный (stílʹnyj) — dapper or stylish
- Russian: изя́щный (izjáščnyj) — dapper or stylish
- Bulgarian: самоуверен (samouveren) — ostentatiously self-confident
- Bulgarian: надут (nadut) — ostentatiously self-confident
- Czech: lehkovážný — ostentatiously self-confident
- Finnish: itsevarma — ostentatiously self-confident
- Finnish: leuhka — ostentatiously self-confident
- Georgian: უდარდელი (udardeli) — ostentatiously self-confident
- Georgian: უზრუნველი (uzrunveli) — ostentatiously self-confident
- Georgian: თვითკმაყოფილი (tvitḳmaq̇opili) — ostentatiously self-confident
- German: selbstzufrieden — ostentatiously self-confident
- German: selbstgerecht — ostentatiously self-confident
- German: übermütig — ostentatiously self-confident
- German: schwungvoll — ostentatiously self-confident
- Russian: развя́зный (razvjáznyj) — ostentatiously self-confident
- Russian: беспе́чный (bespéčnyj) — ostentatiously self-confident
- Russian: небре́жный (nebréžnyj) — ostentatiously self-confident
- Russian: самоуверенный (samouverennyj) — ostentatiously self-confident
- Spanish: desenvuelto — ostentatiously self-confident
- Spanish: jacarandoso — ostentatiously self-confident