Read full poem →A Minstrel stands on a marble stair,
Blown by the bright wind, debonair;
Below lies the sea, a sapphire floor,
Dictionary Entry
Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. debonairyoung debonairmanner debonairman debonairfigure debonairgentleman debonair
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Poetry examples for “debonair”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Fatigued he sinks into some pleasant lair
Of wavy grass, and reads a debonair
And gentle tale of love and languishment?
Read full poem →Among the gems which regal crowns compose;
Boston's a town, polite and debonair,
To which the beaux and beauteous nymphs repair,
Read full poem →Law of thyself complete, thine own track firmly holding;
(No sweetness debonair of tearful harp or glib piano thine,)
Thy trills of shrieks by rocks and hills return’d,