The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bonhommie
Bonhomie \Bon`ho*mie"\, ||Bonhommie \Bon`hom*mie"\, n. [F.] good nature; pleasant and easy manner.
Usage examples of "bonhommie".
In earlier dealings, the Windward official had covered the steel edges of his personality with a layer of bonhommie.
The trader eased off the beaver topper of which he was inordinately proud, mopped his brow and decided that he would not let the young man spoil his air of bonhommie.
Filled with bonhommie he greeted passersby and added without thinking, "My needs are more than well looked after by Nemi.
Pierre felt Jean's force of character, his air of natural leadership, his bonhommie.
The reason is obvious: in France, there is a bonhommie, a degree of equality established between the different grades of society by universal politeness.