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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : flair |
| Phonetic Transcription : flɛər |
Definition of flair
Origin :- mid-14c., "an odor," from Old French flair "odor or scent," from flairer "to smell," from Vulgar Latin *flagrare, dissimilated from Latin fragrare "emit (a sweet) odor" (see fragrant). Sense of "special aptitude" is American English, 1925, perhaps from notion of a hound's ability to track scent.
- noun talent, style
- There was a flair of vanity in Gaddon that dated back to his English ancestry.
- Extract from : « The Monster » by S. M. Tenneshaw
- You see, heart counts, and sympathy, and the flair for understanding.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Paw » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- He has the flair of the dealer, not the perception of the amateur.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- The Virginian flair for political life was thus early in evidence.
- Extract from : « Pioneers of the Old South » by Mary Johnston
- Now Isabelle had a flair for the odd, and she understood her own limitations and her own style.
- Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke
- He is Huysmans's little brother in his flair for disintegrating character.
- Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
- When he became a producer his flair for stage effect amounted to genius.
- Extract from : « The Secrets of a Savoyard » by Henry A. Lytton
- He knew that she had writing talent and a flair for tracking down a story.
- Extract from : « Whispering Walls » by Mildred A. Wirt
- He loved his morning meetings, and he conducted them with the flair of a benevolent emperor.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
- His flair was for the championship and interpretation of the "new" men.
- Extract from : « Turns about Town » by Robert Cortes Holliday
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