Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 15

Genteel (a.) Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.

Genteel (a.) Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.

Genteelish (a.) Somewhat genteel.

Genteelly (adv.) In a genteel manner.

Genteelness (n.) The quality of being genteel.

Genterie (n.) Alt. of Gentrie

Gentrie (n.) Nobility of birth or of character; gentility.

Gentian (n.) Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule.

Gentianaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Gentianaceae) of which the gentian is the type.

Gentianella (n.) A kind of blue color.

Gentianic (a.) Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid.

Gentianine (n.) A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.

Gentianose (n.) A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.

Gentil (a. & n.) Gentle.

Gentile (a.) One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

Gentile (a.) Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.

Gentile (a.) Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.

Gentile-falcon (n.) See Falcon-gentil.

Gentilesse (a.) Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility.

Gentilish (a.) Heathenish; pagan.

Gentilism (n.) Hethenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.

Gentilism (n.) Tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens.

Gentilitial (a.) Alt. of Gentilitious

Gentilitious (a.) Peculiar to a people; national.

Gentilitious (a.) Hereditary; entailed on a family.

Gentility (n.) Good extraction; dignity of birth.

Gentility (n.) 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.

Gentility (n.) The class in society who are, or are expected to be, genteel; the gentry.

Gentility (n.) Paganism; heathenism.

Gentilize (v. i.) To live like a gentile or heathen.

Gentilize (v. i.) To act the gentleman; -- with it (see It, 5).

Gentilize (v. i.) To render gentile or gentlemanly; as, to gentilize your unworthy sones.

Gentilly (a.) In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly.

Gentiopikrin (n.) A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.

Gentisin (n.) A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from the gentian; -- called also gentianin.

Gentle (superl.) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

Gentle (superl.) Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.

Gentle (superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader.

Gentle (superl.) Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.

Gentle (superl.) Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop .

Gentle (n.) One well born; a gentleman.

Gentle (n.) A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.

Gentle (n.) A dipterous larva used as fish bait.

Gentle (v. t.) To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble.

Gentle (v. t.) To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable.

Gentle (v. t.) To make kind and docile, as a horse.

Gentlefolk (n. pl.) Alt. of Gentlefolks

Gentlefolks (n. pl.) Persons of gentle or good family and breeding.

Gentle-hearted (a.) Having a kind or gentle disposition.

Gentlemen (pl. ) of Gentleman

Gentleman (n.) A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.

Gentleman (n.) One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.

Gentleman (n.) One who bears arms, but has no title.

Gentleman (n.) The servant of a man of rank.

Gentleman (n.) A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.

Gentlemanhood (n.) The qualities or condition of a gentleman.

Gentlemanlike (a.) Alt. of Gentlemanly

Gentlemanly (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved; courteous; polite.

Gentlemanliness (n.) The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.

Gentlemanship (n.) The carriage or quality of a gentleman.

Gentleness (n.) The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

Gentleship (n.) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.

Gentlesse (n.) Gentilesse; gentleness.

Gentlewomen (pl. ) of Gentlewoman

Gentlewoman (n.) A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.

Gentlewoman (n.) A woman who attends a lady of high rank.

Gently (adv.) In a gentle manner.

Gentoos (pl. ) of Gentoo

Gentoo (n.) A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo.

Gentry (a.) Birth; condition; rank by birth.

Gentry (a.) People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.

Gentry (a.) Courtesy; civility; complaisance.

Genty (a.) Neat; trim.

Genua (pl. ) of Genu

Genu (n.) The knee.

Genu (n.) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.

Genuflected (imp. & p. p.) of Genuflect

Genuflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Genuflect

Genuflect (v. i.) To bend the knee, as in worship.

Genuflection (n.) The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship.

Genuine (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials.

Genera (pl. ) of Genus

Genus (n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.

Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.

Genys (n.) See Gonys.

Geocentric (a.) Alt. of Geocentrical

Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet.

Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the center of the earth.

Geocentrically (adv.) In a geocentric manner.

Geocronite (n.) A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic.

Geocyclic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; as, a geocyclic machine.

Geocyclic (a.) Circling the earth periodically.

Geode (n.) A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter.

Geode (n.) The cavity in such a nodule.

Geodephagous (a.) Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.

Geodesic (a.) Alt. of Geodesical

Geodesical (a.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.

Geodesic (n.) A geodetic line or curve.

Geodesist (n.) One versed in geodesy.

Geodesy (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast.

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