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gentilesse

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gen⋅ti⋅lesse

  [jen-tl-es, jen-tl-es]
–noun
the quality of being gentle.
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Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF gentillesse, equiv. to gentil (see genteel, gentle ) + -esse n. suffix
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gen·ti·lesse   (jěn'tə-lěs')   
n.   Archaic
Refinement and courtesy resulting from good breeding.

[Middle English, from Old French, from gentil, noble; see gentle.]
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