Jaunty

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jaunty \Jaun"ty\, a. [Compar. {Jauntier}; superl. {Jauntiest}.]
     [Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See {Gentle}, and cf.
     {Genty}.]
     Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or
     fantastical manner.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jaunty
       adj 1: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young
              man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {dashing}, {natty},
               {raffish}, {rakish}, {smart}, {spiffy}, {snappy}, {spruce}]
       2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
          chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
          Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
          H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
          optimist" [syn: {chipper}, {debonair}, {debonaire}]
       [also: {jauntiest}, {jauntier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "jaunty":
     airy, blithe, brave, bravura, braw, breezy, brisk, buoyant,
     carefree, cheerful, chic, chichi, classy, clothes-conscious,
     colorful, corky, cosmopolitan, dapper, daring, dashing, debonair,
     dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressy, elegant,
     exhibitionistic, exquisite, flamboyant, flash, flashing, flashy,
     flaunting, free and easy, frilly, frisky, frothy, gallant, gay,
     genteel, glittering, happy, high-spirited, jazzy, jolly, jovial,
     jubilant, light, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, merry, natty,
     neat, nifty, nobby, perky, posh, rakish, recherche, resilient,
     ritzy, sharp, showy, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee,
     sophisticated, spiffy, spirited, splashy, splurgy, sporty,
     sprightly, spruce, style-conscious, stylish, swank, swanky, swell,
     tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed