ungenteeladj.

Forms: Also 1600s ungenteile, ungentiel, 1600s–1700s ungentile.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ungenˈteel.

Not genteel:

a. Of manners, habits, employments, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > specifically of persons

boistousc1300

rudec1405

blunt1477

rustyc1485

rough?1531

sillya1547

ruggedc1565

unrefined1582

unpolished1594

unfashioned1606

inurbane1623

incult1628

ungenteel1633

roughsome?c1660

unpolite1674

inelegant1735

untutored1751

unrarefied1835

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [adjective]

low-bred1599

dunghilled1600

ungenteel1633

underbred1650

half-bred1694

ingenteel1694

ungentlemanlike1719

lowlife1728

under-degreed1748

lower class1812

downstairs1819

low-class1836

wrong1859

(as) common as dirt (also muck)1877

plebbish1928

downscale1930

non-U1954

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred > specifically of conduct

ungentle1565

dunghill1576

ungenteel1633

α.

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix Ep. Ded. Yet I hope I shall finde no such ungenteile, discourteous entertainment.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 413 Drinking is..a most ungentile quality, fit to be banished to rogues and rags.

1691 E. Rawson & S. Sewall Revol. New Eng. Justified in Andros Tracts (1868) I. 68 The Buffoonry and Railery of such ungentiel Pens.

1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 110 It is counted ungentile and rude to say, Thou dost so and so.

β. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 82 Some Letter-Cutters..scorn to use a Forge, as accounting it..Ungenteel for themselves to officiate at.1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ I. 180 Bale bestows another ungenteel Sarcasm upon this great Armach.1778 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. I. 211 His person was awkward, and his dress ungenteel.1811 Sporting Mag. 38 93 It is considered ungenteel to cut the pastry.1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin iv. ii Have I not often told you the reason why I..missed my high vocation in ungenteel comedy?

b. Of persons.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred

foul-itowenc1225

villain1340

villainous?a1366

lewdc1380

ungentle1398

low-bred1599

ill-bred1622

unbred1622

underbred1650

unjaunty1671

ungenteel1676

half-bred1694

ingenteel1694

cocktail1835

mal élevé1878

hairy at the heel1890

1676 T. Shadwell Libertine ii Thou art the most ungenteel Knight alive: use your Ladies civilly, for shame.

1712 Spectator No. 404. ⁋6 Iras is ugly and ungenteel, but has Wit and good Sense.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. x. 57 He was not ungenteel, nor entirely void of Wit.

1813 J. Austen Let. 11 Oct. (1995) 234 She is a large, ungenteel Woman, with self-satisfied & would-be elegant manners.

1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. x, in Fraser's Mag. May 550/1 With this sum of money..we were enabled to make no ungenteel figure.

Derivatives

ungenˈteelness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun]

simplessea1393

roughnessa1398

rudenessc1405

unrefinedness1607

simpleness1648

unpolishedness1652

unpoliteness1700

sordidness1704

ungenteelness1706

indelicacy1712

unrefinement1769

ungentility1822

unprinceliness1855

outbackery1961

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > ill-breeding

ungentilesse1390

ungentleness1470

rag-manners1672

under-breeding1673

ungenteelness1706

ill breeding1800

ungentility1822

ungentlemanliness1828

ungentlemanlikeness1848

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [noun] > quality or condition of

ungenteelness1706

ungentility1822

plebbishness1860

non-U1954

non-U-ness1954

1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Desalino,..sluttishness, ungenteelness.

1723 Briton No. 11. 50 Philander discovers some Ungenteelnesses in his Manner and Behaviour.

1727 Art of Speaking in Publick 81 The indecency and ungenteelness of clamour and noise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	ungenteel
释义	ungenteeladj. Forms: Also 1600s ungenteile, ungentiel, 1600s–1700s ungentile. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ungenˈteel. Not genteel: a. Of manners, habits, employments, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > specifically of persons boistousc1300 rudec1405 blunt1477 rustyc1485 rough?1531 sillya1547 ruggedc1565 unrefined1582 unpolished1594 unfashioned1606 inurbane1623 incult1628 ungenteel1633 roughsome?c1660 unpolite1674 inelegant1735 untutored1751 unrarefied1835 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [adjective] low-bred1599 dunghilled1600 ungenteel1633 underbred1650 half-bred1694 ingenteel1694 ungentlemanlike1719 lowlife1728 under-degreed1748 lower class1812 downstairs1819 low-class1836 wrong1859 (as) common as dirt (also muck)1877 plebbish1928 downscale1930 non-U1954 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred > specifically of conduct ungentle1565 dunghill1576 ungenteel1633 α. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix Ep. Ded. Yet I hope I shall finde no such ungenteile, discourteous entertainment. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 413 Drinking is..a most ungentile quality, fit to be banished to rogues and rags. 1691 E. Rawson & S. Sewall Revol. New Eng. Justified in Andros Tracts (1868) I. 68 The Buffoonry and Railery of such ungentiel Pens. 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 110 It is counted ungentile and rude to say, Thou dost so and so. β. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 82 Some Letter-Cutters..scorn to use a Forge, as accounting it..Ungenteel for themselves to officiate at.1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ I. 180 Bale bestows another ungenteel Sarcasm upon this great Armach.1778 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. I. 211 His person was awkward, and his dress ungenteel.1811 Sporting Mag. 38 93 It is considered ungenteel to cut the pastry.1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin iv. ii Have I not often told you the reason why I..missed my high vocation in ungenteel comedy? b. Of persons. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred foul-itowenc1225 villain1340 villainous?a1366 lewdc1380 ungentle1398 low-bred1599 ill-bred1622 unbred1622 underbred1650 unjaunty1671 ungenteel1676 half-bred1694 ingenteel1694 cocktail1835 mal élevé1878 hairy at the heel1890 1676 T. Shadwell Libertine ii Thou art the most ungenteel Knight alive: use your Ladies civilly, for shame. 1712 Spectator No. 404. ⁋6 Iras is ugly and ungenteel, but has Wit and good Sense. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. x. 57 He was not ungenteel, nor entirely void of Wit. View more context for this quotation 1813 J. Austen Let. 11 Oct. (1995) 234 She is a large, ungenteel Woman, with self-satisfied & would-be elegant manners. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. x, in Fraser's Mag. May 550/1 With this sum of money..we were enabled to make no ungenteel figure. Derivatives ungenˈteelness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] simplessea1393 roughnessa1398 rudenessc1405 unrefinedness1607 simpleness1648 unpolishedness1652 unpoliteness1700 sordidness1704 ungenteelness1706 indelicacy1712 unrefinement1769 ungentility1822 unprinceliness1855 outbackery1961 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > ill-breeding ungentilesse1390 ungentleness1470 rag-manners1672 under-breeding1673 ungenteelness1706 ill breeding1800 ungentility1822 ungentlemanliness1828 ungentlemanlikeness1848 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [noun] > quality or condition of ungenteelness1706 ungentility1822 plebbishness1860 non-U1954 non-U-ness1954 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Desalino,..sluttishness, ungenteelness. 1723 Briton No. 11. 50 Philander discovers some Ungenteelnesses in his Manner and Behaviour. 1727 Art of Speaking in Publick 81 The indecency and ungenteelness of clamour and noise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1633
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