单词 | genteelness |
释义 | genteelnessn. 1. The quality of being genteel (in various senses of genteel adj.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentility gentilesse1340 gentility1340 gentlenessc1425 genteelness1636 gentrice1722 ingenuousness1796 gentlehood1861 1636 tr. J. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin Ariana i. v. 89 When she went her way, I continued some time immoveable, being rapt with the gentilenesse [Fr. gentillesse] of her discourse. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 82 From their Civility and Gentileness [It. gentilezza] they express to Strangers, they draw no small profit in Almes. 1757 H. Walpole Let. 4 Aug. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) III. 238 Not but Twickenham has a romantic genteelness that would figure in a more luxurious climate. 1840 Examiner 13 Dec. 790/2 Politeness of style and genteelness of expression were never violated. 1902 Speaker 13 Dec. 284/1 The respectabilities and genteelness of mere suburbandom. 2018 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 30 June (First ed.) Both Spark and Fitzgerald wrote slim volumes in a clear, precise, economical prose... They have a reputation for genteelness that is not borne out by the tough-minded, spiky books themselves. ΚΠ 1718 Free-thinker No. 24. 2 Let us be cautious..how we innovate too much in Genteelnesses. 1727 tr. Marquise de Sévigné Lett. I. x. 35 You see what it is to keep good Company; One learns a thousand Genteelnesses. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. iv. 308 A..banquet of confectionary..and all kinds of genteelnesses in sugar. 1921 Freeman 22 June 357/1 Small-town men with the curious genteelnesses of the small town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1636 |
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