adj. Archaic Graceful; elegant. [Middle English, noble, excellent, from Old French, well-born, from Latin genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget; see genə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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n. Informal A gentleman. [Short for GENTLEMAN.] |
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See Ghent. |
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