Webster's Dictionary 1913

973

Gentlefolk

Gen″tle‐folk′ (?), Gen″tle‐folks′ (�), n. pl. Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. Shak.

974

Gentleman

Gen″tle‐man (?), n.; pl.Gentlemen (#). [OE. gentilman nobleman; gentil noble + man man; cf. F. gentilhomme.]1. A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a ...

975

Gentlemanhood

Gen″tle‐man‐hood (?), n. The qualities or condition of a gentleman. Thackeray.

976

Gentlemanlike

{ Gen″tle‐man‐like′ (?), Gen″tle‐man‐ly (?), } a. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved; courteous; polite.

977

Gentlemanliness

Gen″tle‐man‐li‐ness (?), n. The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.

978

Gentlemanship

Gen″tle‐man‐ship, n. The carriage or quality of a gentleman.

979

Gentlemen's agreement

Gen″tle‐men's a‐gree″ment (?). An agreement binding only as a matter of honor; often, specif., such an agreement among the heads of industrial or merchantile enterprises, the te...

980

Gentleness

Gen″tle‐ness, n. The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

981

Gentleship

Gen″tle‐ship, n. The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. Ascham.

982

Gentlesse

Gent″lesse (?), n. Gentilesse; gentleness.

983

Gentlewoman

Gen″tle‐wom′an (?), n.; pl.Gentlewomen (�).1. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. Bacon.2. A woman who attends a lady of high rank. Shak.

984

Gently

Gen″tly (?), adv. In a gentle manner.My mistress gently chides the fault I made. Dryden.

985

Gentoo

Gen‐too″ (?), n.; pl.Gentoos (#). [Pg. gentio gentile, heathen. See Gentile.] A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo.

986

Gentoo (2)

Gen‐too″ (jĕn‐to͞o″), n.; pl. Gentoos (–to͞oz″). A penguin (Pygosceles tæniata).

987

Gentry

Gen″try (?), n. [OE. genterie, gentrie, noble birth, nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. genteleri high-mindedness. See Gent, a., Gentl...

988

Genty

Gen″ty (?), a. [From F. gentil. Cf. Jaunty.] Neat; trim. Burns.

989

Genu

‖Ge″nu (?), n.; pl.Genua (#). (Anat.) (a) The knee. (b) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.

990

Genuflect

Gen′u‐flect″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Genuflected; p. pr. & vb. n.Genuflecting.] [See Genuflection.] To bend the knee, as in worship.

991

Genuflection

Gen′u‐flec″tion (?), n. [F. génuflexion, fr. LL. genuflexio, fr. L. genu knee + flexio a bending, fr. flectere, flexum, to bend. See Knee, Flexible.] The act of bending the knee...

992

Genuine

Gen″u‐ine (?), a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. génuine. See Gender.] Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; h...

993

Genus

Ge″nus (jē″nŭs), n.; pl.Genera (#). [L., birth, race, kind, sort; akin to Gr. �. See Gender, and cf. Benign.]1. (Logic) A class of objects divided into several subordinate speci...

994

Genys

‖Ge″nys (jē″nĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. γένυσ the under jaw.] (Zoöl.) See Gonys.

995

Geocentric

{ Ge′o‐cen″tric (?), Ge′o‐cen″tric‐al (?), } a. [Gr. γέα, γη̑, the earth + κέντρον center: cf. F. géocentrique.] (Astron.) (a) Having reference to the earth as center; in relati...

996

Geocentric (2)

{ Ge′o‐cen″tric (?), Ge′o‐cen″tric‐al (?) }, a. } Having, considering, or based on, the earth as center; as, the geocentric theory of the universe.

997

Geocentrically

Ge′o‐cen″tric‐al‐ly, adv. In a geocentric manner.

998

Geochemistry

Ge′o‐chem″is‐try (jē′ō̍‐kĕm″ĭs‐try̆), n. [Gr. γέα, γη̑, the earth + chemistry.] The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crus...

999

Geocronite

Ge‐oc″ro‐nite (?), n. [Gr. γέα, γη̑, the earth + Κρόνοσ Saturn, the alchemistic name of lead: cf. G. geokronit.] (Min.) A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luste...