fine gentlemann.

Brit.

/ˌfʌɪn ˈdʒɛntlmən/, U.S.

/ˌfaɪn ˈdʒɛn(t)lmən/

Inflections: Plural fine gentlemen.

Forms: see fine adj., adv., and n.² and gentleman n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fine adj., gentleman n.

Etymology: < fine adj. + gentleman n.

Now chiefly historical.

A gentleman of refined manners and tastes; spec. a fashionable man who is distinguished by elegance and correctness in dress and manners. In later use often ironic or depreciative. Cf. fine adj. 11, fine lady n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male

gallant1388

wamfler15..

rutter1506

younkera1522

fine gentleman1575

cavalier1589

whisker1595

jinglespur1604

bravery1616

brisk1621

chevalier1630

man about town1647

man of mode1676

man of distinction1699

sprag1707

sparky1756

blood1763

swell1786

Corinthian1819

galliard1828

mondain1833

toff1851

flâneur1854

Johnny1883

silver-tail1898

knut1911

lounge lizard1918

old buster1919

Hooray Henry1959

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > person

up-skip1549

startup1555

upstart1555

jackanapesa1575

hogen mogen1639

starter up1659

Mamamouchi1672

parvenu1787

shoneena1849

fine gentleman1928

rat fink1961

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle v. ii. sig. Eiiii Thou shalt neuer take him, for fine gentleman.

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 207 You fine gentelman, do you leane on the table?

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxxvi. sig. G3 A Blunt Man..is a great enemy to the fine Gentleman.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 26 Aug. (1971) V. 255 Mr. Pen, Sir Williams son, is come back from France and came to visit her—a most modish person, grown, she says, a fine gentleman.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. iv. 4 How many fine Gentlemen have we in Newgate every Year!

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xi. 34 Men of pleasure, Men of fashion, and fine Gentlemen.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 368 The fine gentleman's ornaments, his embroidered coat, his fringed gloves.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ix. 90 Fine gentlemen could once more lounge in their clubs.

1928 Smart Set Sept. 49/1 Your fine-gentleman airs sit ridiculously on you.

1938 J. C. Spruill Women's Life & Work in Southern Colonies (1998) v. 101 On June 23, 1768, was performed a farce called Lethe, or Aesop in the Shades. According to a newspaper advertisement, there was a variety of entertaining characters, among whom were a fine lady and a fine gentleman.

1985 A. J. von Frank Sacred Game iii. 43 The thinness of American culture made the tradition of the fine gentleman seem far more ridiculous in New York or Boston than it ever did in London.

Derivatives

† fine-ˈgentlemanish adj. Obsolete rare of, relating to, or characteristic of a fine gentleman; foppish, dandyish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > dandyish

quaintc1330

skipjack1598

satin1603

coxcombly1610

prigginga1627

coxcombical1649

skipjackly1674

jessamy1696

beauish1699

foppish1699

priggish1701

Jemmy Jessamine1786

macaronian1792

buckish1806

dandy1813

dandified1826

dandyish1826

Brummellian1829

dandyic1832

dandiacal1834

squirtish1843

macaronyish1858

fine-gentlemanish1865

foppy1878

dude1879

dudish1883

fancy1891

1865 Spectator 29 Apr. 471/1 Some highly affected and fine-gentlemanish verbosity which we have not met before.

1867 Austral. Jrnl. 19 Oct. 122/1 Let it not be thought..that the honourable corps to which I belonged was too dandified or too fine gentlemanish to be useful.

fine-ˈgentlemanism n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun]

pensifulnessc1450

affectation1548

affection1570

affectedness1622

lady aira1637

fastuousness1649

gentility1650

fastuosity1656

vapouring1656

flatulency1662

hoity-toity1668

pretendingness1701

with an air1701

pretension1706

flatulence1711

uppishness1716

high and mightiness1771

pensieness1825

fine-gentlemanism1831

pretentiousness1838

ambitiousness1845

stuckupishness1853

pretensiveness1859

notion1866

side1870

dog1871

hoity-toityism1881

superiority complex1921

snootiness1932

uppitiness1935

snottiness1973

snoot1984

swag2002

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male > condition of

fine-gentlemanshipa1695

fine-gentlemanism1831

1831 C. G. F. Gore Pin Money III. v. 126 He saw him untainted by the scornful self-sufficiency of his caste; uncontaminated by the narrow bigotry of fine-gentlemanism.

1866 Athenæum 24 Nov. 676/2 The evanescent air of fine gentlemanism.

2001 S. Johnston Women & Domest. Experience vi. 139 For Dickens this link between utilitarianism and fine-gentlemanism points..to the desire for a possible future.

fine-ˈgentlemanship n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male > condition of

fine-gentlemanshipa1695

fine-gentlemanism1831

a1695 Marquis of Halifax Char. Charles II (1750) 38 His fine Gentlemanship did him no Good, encouraged in it by being too much applauded.

1798 J. Baillie Tryal i. i, in Series Plays Stronger Passions I. 204 Jack Opal..successfully performed every kind of fine gentlemanship.

1833 Contemp. Rev. June 899 The spirit of fine gentlemanship.

1987 R. Ollard Clarendon & his Friends ii. 21 Hyde successfully combined fine-gentlemanship with application to his career.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fine gentleman
释义	fine gentlemann. Brit. /ˌfʌɪn ˈdʒɛntlmən/, U.S. /ˌfaɪn ˈdʒɛn(t)lmən/ Inflections: Plural fine gentlemen. Forms: see fine adj., adv., and n.² and gentleman n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fine adj., gentleman n. Etymology: < fine adj. + gentleman n. Now chiefly historical. A gentleman of refined manners and tastes; spec. a fashionable man who is distinguished by elegance and correctness in dress and manners. In later use often ironic or depreciative. Cf. fine adj. 11, fine lady n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male gallant1388 wamfler15.. rutter1506 younkera1522 fine gentleman1575 cavalier1589 whisker1595 jinglespur1604 bravery1616 brisk1621 chevalier1630 man about town1647 man of mode1676 man of distinction1699 sprag1707 sparky1756 blood1763 swell1786 Corinthian1819 galliard1828 mondain1833 toff1851 flâneur1854 Johnny1883 silver-tail1898 knut1911 lounge lizard1918 old buster1919 Hooray Henry1959 the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > person up-skip1549 startup1555 upstart1555 jackanapesa1575 hogen mogen1639 starter up1659 Mamamouchi1672 parvenu1787 shoneena1849 fine gentleman1928 rat fink1961 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle v. ii. sig. Eiiii Thou shalt neuer take him, for fine gentleman. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 207 You fine gentelman, do you leane on the table? 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxxvi. sig. G3 A Blunt Man..is a great enemy to the fine Gentleman. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 26 Aug. (1971) V. 255 Mr. Pen, Sir Williams son, is come back from France and came to visit her—a most modish person, grown, she says, a fine gentleman. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. iv. 4 How many fine Gentlemen have we in Newgate every Year! 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xi. 34 Men of pleasure, Men of fashion, and fine Gentlemen. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 368 The fine gentleman's ornaments, his embroidered coat, his fringed gloves. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ix. 90 Fine gentlemen could once more lounge in their clubs. 1928 Smart Set Sept. 49/1 Your fine-gentleman airs sit ridiculously on you. 1938 J. C. Spruill Women's Life & Work in Southern Colonies (1998) v. 101 On June 23, 1768, was performed a farce called Lethe, or Aesop in the Shades. According to a newspaper advertisement, there was a variety of entertaining characters, among whom were a fine lady and a fine gentleman. 1985 A. J. von Frank Sacred Game iii. 43 The thinness of American culture made the tradition of the fine gentleman seem far more ridiculous in New York or Boston than it ever did in London. Derivatives † fine-ˈgentlemanish adj. Obsolete rare of, relating to, or characteristic of a fine gentleman; foppish, dandyish. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > dandyish quaintc1330 skipjack1598 satin1603 coxcombly1610 prigginga1627 coxcombical1649 skipjackly1674 jessamy1696 beauish1699 foppish1699 priggish1701 Jemmy Jessamine1786 macaronian1792 buckish1806 dandy1813 dandified1826 dandyish1826 Brummellian1829 dandyic1832 dandiacal1834 squirtish1843 macaronyish1858 fine-gentlemanish1865 foppy1878 dude1879 dudish1883 fancy1891 1865 Spectator 29 Apr. 471/1 Some highly affected and fine-gentlemanish verbosity which we have not met before. 1867 Austral. Jrnl. 19 Oct. 122/1 Let it not be thought..that the honourable corps to which I belonged was too dandified or too fine gentlemanish to be useful. fine-ˈgentlemanism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] pensifulnessc1450 affectation1548 affection1570 affectedness1622 lady aira1637 fastuousness1649 gentility1650 fastuosity1656 vapouring1656 flatulency1662 hoity-toity1668 pretendingness1701 with an air1701 pretension1706 flatulence1711 uppishness1716 high and mightiness1771 pensieness1825 fine-gentlemanism1831 pretentiousness1838 ambitiousness1845 stuckupishness1853 pretensiveness1859 notion1866 side1870 dog1871 hoity-toityism1881 superiority complex1921 snootiness1932 uppitiness1935 snottiness1973 snoot1984 swag2002 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male > condition of fine-gentlemanshipa1695 fine-gentlemanism1831 1831 C. G. F. Gore Pin Money III. v. 126 He saw him untainted by the scornful self-sufficiency of his caste; uncontaminated by the narrow bigotry of fine-gentlemanism. 1866 Athenæum 24 Nov. 676/2 The evanescent air of fine gentlemanism. 2001 S. Johnston Women & Domest. Experience vi. 139 For Dickens this link between utilitarianism and fine-gentlemanism points..to the desire for a possible future. fine-ˈgentlemanship n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male > condition of fine-gentlemanshipa1695 fine-gentlemanism1831 a1695 Marquis of Halifax Char. Charles II (1750) 38 His fine Gentlemanship did him no Good, encouraged in it by being too much applauded. 1798 J. Baillie Tryal i. i, in Series Plays Stronger Passions I. 204 Jack Opal..successfully performed every kind of fine gentlemanship. 1833 Contemp. Rev. June 899 The spirit of fine gentlemanship. 1987 R. Ollard Clarendon & his Friends ii. 21 Hyde successfully combined fine-gentlemanship with application to his career. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1575
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