bonhomie

[ bon-uh-mee, bon-uh-mee; French baw-naw-mee ]

/ ˌbɒn əˈmi, ˈbɒn əˌmi; French bɔ nɔˈmi /

frank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality.

Origin of bonhomie

1795–1805; < French, equivalent to bonhomme good-natured man (see boon², Homo) + -ie -y³

bon·ho·mous

[bon-uh-muh s] /ˈbɒn ə məs/, adjective

A national security conference in Canada brings out the bonhomie among U.S. senators.

Politics End In Halifax As Democratic and GOP Senators Seek Common Ground on National Security |Tim Mak |November 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At the Globes, the night is all bonhomie, backslapping and table-hopping.

The Gaudy, Gauche and Sometimes Corrupt Greatness of the Golden Globes |Richard Rushfield |January 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It was a happening, a celebration of “La Julia,” as the Italians called her, who dished up advice along with bonhomie and cheer.

She Taught Me to Cook—and Called Me a Klutz |Sandra McElwaine |August 6, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
And yet she was so good-natured, so full of fun and bonhomie!

A Modern Tomboy |L. T. Meade

They talked of other matters, but Nigel had lost all his bonhomie, and seemed unable to recover it.

Bella Donna |Robert Hichens
It was certainly a very delicate matter, but the Count's politeness and bonhomie encouraged him to proceed.

Monte-Cristo's Daughter |Edmund Flagg
He did not disdain to attend to my affair himself; he even showed an emphatic, if not ponderous, bonhomie.

On the Stairs |Henry B. Fuller
Well, thought I, if social badinage and bonhomie were as pleasant and easy as this, why hadn't my mother——?

Memoirs of a Midget |Walter de la Mare

bonhomie

/ (ˈbɒnəmiː, French bɔnɔmi) /

exuberant friendliness

C18: from French, from bonhomme good-humoured fellow, from bon good + homme man