See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or See also:

• FAMILY

family)  , properly an epithet of one See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of a " See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• FAMILY

family "; the Latin generosus, " well born" (see See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

GENTLE-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

MAN), contrasted with " See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble " on the one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side and " See also:

• SIMPLE

simple " on the other . The word followed the wider application of the word " See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman "; implying the See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners, See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and breeding proper to one to whom that name could be applied, courteous, polite; hence, with no reference to its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning, See also:

• FREE

free from violence or roughness, mild, soft, See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind or See also:

• TENDER

tender . With a See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical meaning of soft to the See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch, the word is used substantively of the maggot of the bluebottle See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly, used as a bait by fishermen . At the end of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French gentil was again adapted into See also:

• ENGLISH

English in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " See also:

• GENTILE
• GENTILE, C

gentile," later changed to " genteel." The word was See also:

• COMMON

common in the 17th and 18th centuries as applied to behaviour, manner of living, See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, &c., suitable or proper to persons living in a position in society above the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary, hence polite, elegant . From the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the 19th century it has also been used in an ironical sense, and applied chiefly to those who pay an excessive and absurd importance to the outward marks of respectability as See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of being in a higher See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in society than that to which they properly belong .