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gentility

Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ti/

The English word “gentility” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
  2. The upper classes, the gentry.

Etymology

From Old French gentilité.

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