UK Lockdown (3) day 176, Jaunty - a word from the past.
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"Jaunty" - having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.
Not a word you hear often these days.
"Jaunty" and "genteel" are related - Both words evolved from the French word gentil, which carried the sense of "noble." At first "jaunty" was used, like "genteel," for things aristocratic, but as the years went by people stopped using it that way. Today "jaunty" is used to describe things that are lively and perky - not things that are aristocratic and elegant - and the only remaining clue to its noble origin is in its pronunciation.
The first Known Use of "jaunty" was in 1662,
You can see all of the "Lockdown 3 self portraits" at :-
Stay safe, get vaccinated when you can.
(The ends in sight but its still not over yet ).
UK Lockdown (3) day 176, Jaunty - a word from the past.
For todays image -
"Jaunty" - having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.
Not a word you hear often these days.
"Jaunty" and "genteel" are related - Both words evolved from the French word gentil, which carried the sense of "noble." At first "jaunty" was used, like "genteel," for things aristocratic, but as the years went by people stopped using it that way. Today "jaunty" is used to describe things that are lively and perky - not things that are aristocratic and elegant - and the only remaining clue to its noble origin is in its pronunciation.
The first Known Use of "jaunty" was in 1662,
You can see all of the "Lockdown 3 self portraits" at :-
Stay safe, get vaccinated when you can.
(The ends in sight but its still not over yet ).