Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cachet and Jaunty

I have two more words to share! I got these ones from FRIENDS. Joey found these on his "Word of The Day" toilet paper. 

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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