| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| aplomb |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·plomb |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -pl m , -pl m |
| NOUN: | Self-confident assurance; poise. See synonyms at confidence. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French a plomb, perpendicularly : a, according to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + plomb, lead weight (from Latin plumbum, lead).
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