jaunty ('jonte)
adjective (-tier, -tiest)
having or expressing a lively, cheerful, self-confident manner
ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense [well-bred, genteel] ): from French gentil
Used in a sentence: Joey thought his hat gave him a jaunty style.
cachet (Ka SH a)
noun
the state of being respected or admired; prestige
ORIGIN early 17th cent. :from French, from cacher in the sense "to press," based on Latin coactare 'constrain'
Used in a sentence: Joey believed that being on Days of Our Lives had some sort of cachet in his career.
Happy conversing in a jaunty way!
-smellycat33
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