gentility
noun/ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ti//ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ɾi/US
Etymology
From Old French gentilité.
- derived from gentilité
Definitions
The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
- 1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He is the violence and fear of the boy of my stories, yet the gentility and sensitivity of poetry.
- A powerful visitors’ bureau has pushed the South Carolina city to the top of “best” lists by selling gentility. Critics say that has come at the expense of history and the city’s Black population.
The upper classes, the gentry.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for gentility. 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