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gentlehood

noun

Etymology

From gentle + -hood.

  1. derived from gentilis
  2. derived from gentil
  3. inherited from gentil
  4. suffixed as gentlehood — “gentle + hood”

Definitions

  1. The state of being of good or gentle birth

    The state of being of good or gentle birth; good breeding.

    • There was yet within him the means of repentance, could a locus penitentiæ^([sic]) have been supplied to him. He grieved bitterly over his own ill doings, and knew well what changes gentlehood would have demanded from him.
    • When we allowed gentlehood to be destroyed, gentle manners, honour, dignity, and such old virtues went too.

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