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ungenteel

adj

Etymology

From un- + genteel.

  1. derived from gentilis
  2. borrowed from gentil
  3. formed as ungenteel — “un- + genteel”

Definitions

  1. Not genteel

    Not genteel; coarse and ill-mannered.

    • He was a jolly, handsome fellow, as any woman need wish for a companion; tall and well made; rather a little too large, but not so as to be ungenteel; he danced well, which I think was the first thing that brought us together.
    • “Well, it would serve to cure him of an absurd practice of never asking a question at an inn, which he had adopted, when quite a young man, on the principal of its being very ungenteel to be curious. […]”

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