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gentilesse
[ jen-tl-es, jen-tl-es ]
noun
- the quality of being gentle.
gentilesse
/ ˈdʒɛntəˌlɛs /
noun
- archaic.politeness or good breeding
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gentilesse1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gentilesse1
C14: from Old French gentillesse; see genteel
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Example Sentences
The first line means—'With regard to, or As to the first stock (or source), who was the father of gentilesse.'
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To which add, as a twenty-third, the three stanzas on Gentilesse quoted in Scogan's poem (no. 33).
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See remarks (in the notes) on Chaucer's Balade of Gentilesse.
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Thou hast drawn all the thread out of my shift with thy gentilesse; thou hast tickled my heart with thy rebeck.
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The 'cours d'amour, parlements d'amour, ou de courtoisie et de gentilesse,' had much more of love than of courtesy and gentleness.
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