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gent
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noun
Informal
.
gentleman
(
defs. 1, 2
)
.
Origin:
1555–65;
by shortening
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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adjective
Obsolete
.
elegant; graceful.
Origin:
1175–1225;
Middle English
<
Old French
<
Latin
genitus
begotten, born
Gent
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ent
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noun
Flemish
name
of
Ghent.
Gent.
gentleman or gentlemen.
Also,
gent.
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gent
(dʒɛnt)
—
n
informal
short for
gentleman
Gent
(xɛnt)
—
n
the Flemish name for
Ghent
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