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gentilitious, a.|dʒɛntɪˈlɪʃəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
†1. Characteristic of a ‘gentile’; pagan. Obs.—1
1613Sherley Trav. Persia 30 Without any gentilitious adoration, but with those respects which are fit for the maiesty of a Prince.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a nation; national. (= gentilitial 1.)
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. x. 201 That an unsavoury odour is gentilitious or nationall unto the Jews..we cannot well concede. 1831Blackw. Mag. XXIX. 519 It is not the generic likeness of a breed—the gentilitious contour of a nation. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain ii. 295 An unsavoury odour seems gentilitious in the Hebrew, but not more so than in the orthodox Spanish Monk.
3. Of or pertaining to a gens or family. (= gentilitial 2.)
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xvi. 373 Nor is it proved, or probable, that Sergius changed the name of Bocca di Porco, for this was his sirname or gentilitious appellation. 1834W. Ind. Sketch Bk. II. 48 Many of them had no other than a gentilitious cognomination. 1839T. Stapleton Pref. to Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 2 A family whose members in former days were distinguished by their labours for the preservation of our gentilitious antiquities.
b. Of diseases, etc.: Hereditary. ? Obs.
1731Arbuthnot Aliments vi. (1735) 195 The common Causes of this Distemper are a particular and perhaps a gentilitious Disposition of Body. 1885in Syd. Soc. Lex. |