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
"Monsieur Pendennis has disproved my words himself," said Alcide, with great politeness; "he has shown that he is a galant homme."
From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray
"What can be the motive," she asked, "of a man like you—an honest man, a galant homme—in saying so base a thing as that?"
From The Europeans by Henry James
She quoted Descartes too often to have "the air galant" in conversation.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Arvede Barine
When a lady asks a galant homme to marry her, what is he to do?
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Alec Ball
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