galant
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of galant
C17: from Old French galant, from galer to make merry, from gale enjoyment, pleasure
Example Sentences
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Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia probably make these galant symphonies sound weightier than Mozart intended, but theirs is an impeccable performance: every strand of melody is spun out and polished to a high luster.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is very galant, and professes great satisfaction in his fortune, for he had not even seen her picture.
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I by Walpole, Horace
This was very Saint Senanus like, and peu galant, to say the least.
From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)
I don't care what they say about him, c'est un galant homme! and the place would be very dull without him.”
From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by McIlwraith, Jean Newton
“Le temps est un galant homme,” he remarked, “laissons le faire!” and so it proved.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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