aplomb

created by 7Ghent

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print)

Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:51:04

A`plomb" (#), n. [F., lit. perpendicularity; to + plomb lead. See Plumb.]

Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.

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