Definitions for bon-ton

bon-ton bon ton

Spelling: [bon ton; French bawn
IPA: /ˈbɒn ˈtɒn; French bɔ̃ ˈtɔ̃/

Bon-Ton is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in bon-ton (-bnnoot).

Definitions for bon-ton

noun

  1. good or elegant form or style.
  2. something regarded as fashionably correct:
  3. fashionable society.

Origin of bon-ton

1765-75; French: literally, good tone. See boon2, tone

Examples for bon-ton

Fads for the latest personal accoutrements gripped the bon ton in seasonal epidemics.

Tell me about your plan for getting a partnership in the bon ton.

I was soon able to ape the vapid dictates of those who called themselves the élite and the bon ton.

Harry's dad owns most of the bon ton, but it's Harry who runs it and gives it the pep.

It is not bon ton to be learned, but it is a graceful thing to indicate that you have forgotten a good deal.

The other cousin—who was also the elder—was far too much swamped in bon ton to please Highland lads such as we were.

Neither of these men had the bel air, the bon ton, the je ne scais quoy.

Is my philosophic Plato so soon metamorphosed to a bon ton enamarato?

Minos is a sour old gentleman, without the least smattering of the bon ton, and I am in a fright for you.

Always irregular, no issue of the bon ton has appeared of late.

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