old gentlemanlyadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈdʒɛntlmənli/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d) ˈdʒɛn(t)lm(ə)nli/

Forms: see old adj. and gentlemanly adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., gentlemanly adj.

Etymology: < old adj. + gentlemanly adj., after old gentleman n.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of an old gentleman.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > old man > [adjective]

fatherly1548

patriarchical1645

patriarchal1732

old gentlemanly1819

old-mannish1865

madala1980

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I ccxvi. 111 A good old-gentlemanly vice.

1892 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 129/2 To nurse an income is an old-gentlemanly avocation.

1950 Shakespeare Q. 1 64 Since it is inevitable that he should die a sinner, he meets with some such old-gentlemanly vice as Avarice.

1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 242 Baden-Powell stumbles at you dropping soft old-gentlemanly meaningless words from the shadows where the little kowhai tree straggles out above the roof of the toilets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old gentlemanly
释义	old gentlemanlyadj. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈdʒɛntlmənli/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˈdʒɛn(t)lm(ə)nli/ Forms: see old adj. and gentlemanly adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., gentlemanly adj. Etymology: < old adj. + gentlemanly adj., after old gentleman n. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an old gentleman. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old man > [adjective] fatherly1548 patriarchical1645 patriarchal1732 old gentlemanly1819 old-mannish1865 madala1980 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I ccxvi. 111 A good old-gentlemanly vice. 1892 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 129/2 To nurse an income is an old-gentlemanly avocation. 1950 Shakespeare Q. 1 64 Since it is inevitable that he should die a sinner, he meets with some such old-gentlemanly vice as Avarice. 1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 242 Baden-Powell stumbles at you dropping soft old-gentlemanly meaningless words from the shadows where the little kowhai tree straggles out above the roof of the toilets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1819
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