gentishadj.
/ˈdʒɛntɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(t)ɪʃ/ British.† 1. Characteristic or typical of a gent (see gent n.2 1b); unrefined, vulgar, showy. Obsolete.
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1843 Times 6 Apr. 4/2 Trousers of large check pattern are anything but exceeding gentish.
1853 Era 6 Feb. 15/2 Mr. Howe was offensively gentish.
1883 T. W. Robertson Row in House (1888) 10 Entering, dressed very flashy and gentish.
2. Having the rank, appearance, or manners of a gentleman; gentlemanly.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [adjective] > belonging to gentry
genteel1628
gentilitial1798
country1827
gentish1994
1994 Past & Present No. 144. 164 One prominent (and well-researched) type of music-hall song represented young working women as accomplished social actors with a knowing edge over their gentish suitors.
2016 Sunday Times (National ed.) (Nexis) 27 Mar. 34 He conjures up a curious stylistic mixture of gentish Englishman Abroad and International Rich.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation of refinement
airs and graces1697
fine-ladyism1799
gentility1821
shabby-gentility1829
gentishness1847
genteelism1849
silver-spoonism1859
posh1915
refainment1933
1847 F. Talfourd Macbeth Travestie ii. iii. 28 But what is this, That rises like the issue of a snob, And bears upon his baby brow—the nob, And mark of gentishness!
1885 Mag. of Art Apr. 247 Women of excellence and originality, who had the courage to reprove the gentishness and snobbery by which they were surrounded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1843