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gentile

adj
/ˈd͡ʒɛntaɪl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), morphologically from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle, genteel, jaunty, and Gentoo. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation.

  1. derived from gentilis
  2. borrowed from gentil

Definitions

  1. Non-Jewish.

    • Down in the workshop all the elves were makin' toys For the good gentile girls and the good gentile boys

  2. Heathen, pagan.

  3. Non-Mormon.

    • The Justice or injustice of such a principle in law, I leave for them who made it, the United States; Suffice it say the law was just as good for a the Saints as for the Gentiles, [...]
    • Before I go further, I should make it clear that I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Mormon. [...] I’m what Latter-day Saints call a Gentile: a non-Mormon.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation

      Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.

      • It is possible to manage without a gentile system. Many ethnoi are divided into tribes and clans.

    2. Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes.

    3. Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb

      Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.

      • Gentile Nouns. […] To this form belong our gentile nouns Englishman, Welshman, Scotchman, Irishman. These nouns are represented in Irish by adjectives or nouns of the form (1+ac): Alban-ac, Scotchman.

    4. A non-Jewish person.

    5. A non-Mormon person.

    6. A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a…

      A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.

      • Gentiles are denominative nouns denoting belonging to or coming from a particular country, nation, or city. Gentiles are formed from proper nouns by secondary suffixes.

    7. Alternative letter-case form of gentile (a non-Jewish person).

    8. A non-Mormon person (including Jews).

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Derived

gentiledom, gentilic, gentilical, gentilically, gentilise, gentilish, gentilization, gentilize, nongentile

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gentile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA