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flair

flair [ fler ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. talent: a natural ability to do something well, especially creative or artistic ability

2. elegance: obvious elegance or stylishness

[Late 19th century. < French, "sense of smell" < Old French flairer "to smell" < late Latin flagrare, alteration of Latin fragrare "emit an odor"]

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See flare.


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See talent.

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