Associations to the word «Jaunty»

Wiktionary

JAUNTY, adjective. Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
JAUNTY, adjective. Dapper or stylish.
JAUNTY, adjective. Ostentatiously self-confident.
JAUNTY, proper noun. A traditional nickname for a navy master-at-arms
JAUNTY CAR, noun. Variant of jaunting car.

Dictionary definition

JAUNTY, adjective. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat".
JAUNTY, adjective. Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats