See Also: platinate(1)(dictionary)
platinate(2)(dictionary)
flair(1)(dictionary)
flair(2)(dictionary)
flair(dictionary)
flair(dictionary)
Flair Hotels(tourism)

platinate(1) (iou) and flair(2) (iou)


platinate(1) (iou)



platinate noun. M19.
[from PLATINUM + -ATE1.]
Chemistry. A salt containing tetravalent platinum in the anion; esp. a salt containing the [Pt(OH)6]2 ion.

flair(2) (iou)



flair noun2. L19.
[French, from flairer to smell from Proto-Romance from Latin fragrare: see FRAGRANT.]
An instinct for selecting or performing what is excellent or useful; instinctive discernment. Also, originality, stylishness. L19.
U. Le Guin He seemed to have lost the flair.., the sense for where the really important problem lay. C. Freeman To wear an inexpensive dress with such flair that her friends were under the impression that she dressed extravagantly.
Special aptitude, ability, or enthusiasm for. E20.
D. Carnegie With his Irish geniality, he had a flair for making people like him.