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Genteelism

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• Genteel

  [jen-teel] /dʒɛnˈtil/ adjective 1. belonging or suited to polite society. 2. well-bred or refined; polite; elegant; stylish. 3. affectedly or pretentiously polite, delicate, etc. /dʒɛnˈtiːl/ adjective 1. affectedly proper or refined; excessively polite 2. respectable, polite, and well-bred: a genteel old lady 3. appropriate to polite or fashionable society: genteel behaviour adj. 1590s, from Middle […]

• Genteelly

  [jen-teel] /dʒɛnˈtil/ adjective 1. belonging or suited to polite society. 2. well-bred or refined; polite; elegant; stylish. 3. affectedly or pretentiously polite, delicate, etc. /dʒɛnˈtiːl/ adjective 1. affectedly proper or refined; excessively polite 2. respectable, polite, and well-bred: a genteel old lady 3. appropriate to polite or fashionable society: genteel behaviour adj. 1590s, from Middle […]

• Genter

  [jent] /dʒɛnt/ adjective, Obsolete. 1. elegant; graceful. /dʒɛnt/ noun 1. (informal) short for gentleman /xɛnt/ noun 1. the Flemish name for Ghent n. short for gentleman, by 17c. (in early uses it is difficult to distinguish the shortening from the common abbreviation gent.). “Early in the nineteenth century the word was colloquial and slightly jocular; […]

• Gentian

  [jen-shuh n] /ˈdʒɛn ʃən/ noun 1. any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe. Compare . 2. any of various plants resembling the gentian. 3. the root of G. lutea, […]

• Gentianaceous

  [jen-shee-uh-ney-shuh s] /ˌdʒɛn ʃi əˈneɪ ʃəs/ adjective 1. belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae. /ˌdʒɛnʃɪəˈneɪʃəs/ adjective 1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Gentianaceae, a family of flowering plants that includes centaury, felwort, and gentian

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