gentility
21gentility — gen·til·i·ty …
22gentility — UK [dʒenˈtɪlətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) a) a polite way of behaving, considered typical of people belonging to a high social class b) the people who belong to a high social class, thought of as a group 2) a false way of behaving that is… …
23gentility — gen•til•i•ty [[t]dʒɛnˈtɪl ɪ ti[/t]] n. 1) good breeding or refinement 2) affected or pretentious politeness or elegance 3) the condition or status of belonging to the gentry 4) members of polite society collectively; the gentry • Etymology:… …
24gentility — /dʒɛnˈtɪləti / (say jen tiluhtee) noun (plural gentilities) 1. superior refinement or elegance, possessed or affected. 2. gentle birth. {Middle English gentylete, from Old French} …
25gentility — n. 1 social superiority. 2 good manners; habits associated with the nobility. 3 people of noble birth. Etymology: ME f. OF gentiliteacute (as GENTLE) …
26shabby-gentility — shabby gentilˈity noun • • • Main Entry: ↑shabby …
27theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …
28heraldry — heraldist, n. /her euhl dree/, n., pl. heraldries. 1. the science of armorial bearings. 2. the art of blazoning armorial bearings, of settling the rights of persons to bear arms or to use certain bearings, of tracing and recording genealogies, of …
29aristocracy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nobility. See authority. Ant., commonalty, plebes. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nobility, privileged class, peerage, patriciate, House of Lords, superior group, ruling class, noblemen, nobles, the elite,… …
30courtesy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Politeness Nouns 1. courtesy, courteousness; respect; good manners, behavior, or breeding; manners, politeness, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, cultivation, polish, grace, civility, culture,… …
