comportment
[kuh m-pawrt-muh nt, -pohrt-]
- personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior.
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Origin of comportment
Synonym study
See behavior.
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Examples from the Web for comportment
Contemporary Examples
And those now have very little to do with any notion of excellence, either of character or of comportment.
Historical Examples
Rather was there something eager and rapt about the comportment of the people.
John SplendidNeil Munro
What did surprise me, when anon the sea rolled close up to the cottage, was the comportment of the young artist himself.
And Even NowMax Beerbohm
His comportment was cheerful in a sober fashion, notwithstanding the transparent perturbation of his spirit.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond, CompleteGeorge Meredith
He did everything right—too right; and in dress and comportment was inevitably correct.
The Strength of the StrongJack London
The comportment of beef in an atmosphere of carbonic acid, to which carbonic oxide has been added, is curious.
comportment
- conduct; bearing
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Word Origin and History for comportment
n.
c.1600, from Middle French comportement "bearing, behavior," from comporter (13c.) "to be disposed, arranged, laid out," from Latin comportare (see comport).
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