Word Meanings - GENTILITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

belong to the same clan, also, heathenism: cf. F. gentilité 1. Good extraction; dignity of birth. Macaulay. He . . . mines my gentility with my education. Shak. 2. The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect,

Additional info about word: GENTILITY

belong to the same clan, also, heathenism: cf. F. gentilité 1. Good extraction; dignity of birth. Macaulay. He . . . mines my gentility with my education. Shak. 2. The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding. 3. The class in society who are, or are expected to be, genteel; the gentry. Sir J. Davies. 4. Paganism; heathenism. Hooker.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GENTILITY)

• Amenity
• Pleasantness
• mildness
• blandness
• graciousness
• gentility
• compliableness
• courtesy
• obligingness

Related words: (words related to GENTILITY)

• BLANDNESS
  The state or quality of being bland.
• MILDNESS
  The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.
• PLEASANTNESS
  The state or quality of being pleasant.
• GENTILITY
  belong to the same clan, also, heathenism: cf. F. gentilité 1. Good extraction; dignity of birth. Macaulay. He . . . mines my gentility with my education. Shak. 2. The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect,
• AMENITY
  The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness. A sweetness and amenity of temper. Buckle. This climate has not seduced by its amenities.
• COURTESY
  corteisie, courtesie, OF. curteisie, cortoisie, OF. curteisie, 1. Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness. And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts
• GRACIOUSNESS
  Quality of being gracious.
• DISCOURTESY
  Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.