About The Word Gentility
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Gentility
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What's The Definition Of Gentility?
[n] elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gentility: breeding | genteelness Related Terms | Find terms related to Gentility: ancestry | appropriateness | aristocracy | aristocraticalness | becomingness | birth | blood | blue blood | breeding | civility | cultivation | culture | decency | decorousness | decorum | distinction | elegance | elite | felicity | fitness | fittingness | flower | genteelness | gentlemanlikeness | gentlemanliness | gentleness | gentry | good breeding | happiness | honorable descent | ladylikeness | meetness | nobility | noble birth | nobleness | polish | properness | propriety | quality | rank | refinement | rightness | royalty | seemliness | society | suitability | upper class | upper crust | urbanity See Also | elegance Gentility In Webster's Dictionary \Gen*til"i*ty\, n. [L. gentilitas the relationship of
those who belong to the same clan, also, heathenism: cf. F.
gentilit['e] heathenism. See {Gentile}.]
1. Good extraction; dignity of birth. --Macaulay.
He . . . mines my gentility with my education.
--Shak.
2. The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well
born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy,
politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and
behavior, etc.; good breeding.
3. The class in society who are, or are expected to be,
genteel; the gentry. [R.] --Sir J. Davies.
4. Paganism; heathenism. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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