† ungentilessen.
Obsolete.
(un- prefix1 6.)
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ungentilesse1390
ungentleness1470
rag-manners1672
under-breeding1673
ungenteelness1706
ill breeding1800
ungentility1822
ungentlemanliness1828
ungentlemanlikeness1848
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 30 Wher was ther evere such a knyht, That so thurgh his ungentilesce..Ayein his trowthe brak his stevene?
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n.1390- to shovel down
- to shovel out
- to show
- to show a clean pair of heels
- to show a clean pair of one's heels
- to show a face
- to show a fair pair of heels
- to show a fair pair of one's heels
- to show a good time
- to show a leg
- to show a lesson
- to show a miracle
- to show a pair of heels
- to show a pair of one's heels
- to show a person a clean pair of heels
- to show a person a clean pair of one's heels
- to show a person a fair pair of heels
- to show a person a fair pair of one's heels
- to show a person a good time
- to show a person a pair of heels
- to show a person a pair of one's heels
- to show a person a pleasure
- to show a person a thing or two
- to show a person one's back
- to show a person pleasure