Debonairty

/dɛbənɛrti/ noun

Definition

A variant or alternate spelling of debonairity; the quality of being suave and gracious.

Etymology

A variant form of 'debonairity' that appears in some historical texts, likely from scribal variation or regional preference in representing the suffix '-ty' versus '-ity'.

Kelly Says

Medieval spelling was chaotic enough that the same word might appear three different ways on the same page—'debonairty' is a ghost of that time when standardization hadn't yet arrived to tame English's wild variations.

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