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Word: Gentility
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘honourable birth’): from Old French gentilite, from gentil (see gentle)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʒɛnˈtɪlɪti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
social superiority as demonstrated by polite and respectable manners, behaviour, or appearances
Short Definition:social superiority as demonstrated by polite and respectable manners or appearances
Examples:- her grandmother's pretensions to gentility
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