FLAIR
What does "FLAIR" mean?
A natural talent or stylish, distinctive quality.
Meanings
- A natural aptitude or instinctive ability for something. She has a real flair for languages.
- Stylishness and originality in how something is done. He dresses with effortless flair.
Did you know?
- Before it meant 'style', 'flair' meant 'scent' - English borrowed the French word for a keen sense of smell, so having flair originally meant having a good nose for something.
Word origin
From Old French 'flair' ('scent, odour'), from 'flairer' ('to give off a smell'), from Late Latin 'flagrare', a variant of 'fragrare' ('to smell sweet'); English borrowed the figurative sense of a keen 'nose' or instinct.
Remember it
Don't confuse FLAIR (style) with FLARE (a burst of light) - FLAIR has 'AIR', the medium that carries a scent.
A little poem
Anyone can wear the coat, the shoes, the scarf-
flair is the angle no one taught, half nerve and half.
couplet
Wordplay
- The bloodhound got into fashion design. Turns out a good nose really does give you flair.
What it teaches
Skill can be taught and copied; flair is the part of the work that smells like only you made it.
Quick facts
What does FLAIR mean?
A natural talent or stylish, distinctive quality.
Is FLAIR a valid word?
Yes — FLAIR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FLAIR?
FLAIR has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FLAIR come from?
From Old French 'flair' ('scent, odour'), from 'flairer' ('to give off a smell'), from Late Latin 'flagrare', a variant of 'fragrare' ('to smell sweet'); English borrowed the figurative sense of a keen 'nose' or instinct.
What can FLAIR teach us?
Skill can be taught and copied; flair is the part of the work that smells like only you made it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.