flair

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noun
  1. a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack: a flair for rhyming.

  2. smartness of style, manner, etc.: Their window display has absolutely no flair at all.

  1. keen, intuitive perception or discernment: We want a casting director with a real flair for finding dramatic talent.

  2. Hunting. scent; sense of smell.

Origin of flair

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First recorded before 1350–1400; Middle English, from French, Old French: “scent,” noun derivative of flairier “to reek,” ultimately from unattested Vulgar Latin flāgrāre, dissimilated variant of Latin frāgrāre; see origin at fragrant

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British Dictionary definitions for flair (1 of 2)

flair1

/ (flɛə) /


noun
  1. natural ability; talent; aptitude

  2. instinctive discernment; perceptiveness

  1. stylishness or elegance; dash: to dress with flair

  2. hunting rare

    • the scent left by quarry

    • the sense of smell of a hound

Origin of flair

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C19: from French, literally: sense of smell, from Old French: scent, from flairier to give off a smell, ultimately from Latin frāgrāre to smell sweet; see fragrant

British Dictionary definitions for flair (2 of 2)

flair2

/ (flIr) /


noun
  1. a Scot word for floor

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