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‖ aplomb|aˈplɔ̃, əˈplɒm|
[Fr. aplomb perpendicular position, steadfastness, assurance, f. the phr. à plomb ‘according to the plummet.’]
1. ‘The perpendicular’; perpendicularity.
1872C. King Sierra Nev. iii. 69 We sprang on, never resting long enough to lose the aplomb. 1880Mrs. Whitney Odd or Even iii. 23 The girl jumped, with clean aplomb, from the wagon-wheel to the broad door-stone.
2. Assurance, confidence, self-possession, coolness.
1828Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) IV. 548 They never present themselves with any aplomb; but always with some lurking recognition of the power of their adversaries. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xi. 162 Impatience of her chilly ceremony and annoyance at her want of aplomb.
3. attrib. quasi-adj. Self-possessed, confident.
1865Gayworthys II. 29 Her ordinary aplomb fashion of speech. |
