gentlehoodn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛntlhʊd/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛn(t)əlˌ(h)ʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gentle adj., -hood suffix.

Etymology: < gentle adj. + -hood suffix.Compare earlier (rare) †gentlehead (only in Middle English; < gentle adj. + -head suffix):c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 3971 Ȝef ȝe list now to han pite On me..of ȝour gentilhede, Ȝe may of God disserue þank & mede.

Now rare.

†1. Gentlemen considered collectively; the gentry. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1843 Morning Post 8 Aug. 6/6 This accuracy..of this amiable specimen of American gentlehood may be duly estimated.

1918 Eng. Rev. Feb. 127 His people, of the gentlehood of the country surely, had come to the peasant's cottage.

2. The condition, quality, or state of gentle birth or rank. Also: the characteristics traditionally associated with high social standing; courtesy; honour; refinement. Cf. gentility n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentility

gentilesse1340

gentility1340

gentlenessc1425

genteelness1636

gentrice1722

ingenuousness1796

gentlehood1861

1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage xliv, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 357 He..knew well what changes gentlehood would have demanded from him.

1923 L. Allen Harker Vagaries of Tod & Peter 220 Did she realize how contact with her kindness, her simplicity, her gentlehood, was making him every day more hopelessly her slave?

1936 Speculum 11 324 The people of Romagna had become bastardized; their noble families had been stripped of integrity and gentlehood, and filled every place with poisonous scions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gentlehood
释义	gentlehoodn. Brit. /ˈdʒɛntlhʊd/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(t)əlˌ(h)ʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gentle adj., -hood suffix. Etymology: < gentle adj. + -hood suffix.Compare earlier (rare) †gentlehead (only in Middle English; < gentle adj. + -head suffix):c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 3971 Ȝef ȝe list now to han pite On me..of ȝour gentilhede, Ȝe may of God disserue þank & mede. Now rare. †1. Gentlemen considered collectively; the gentry. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1843 Morning Post 8 Aug. 6/6 This accuracy..of this amiable specimen of American gentlehood may be duly estimated. 1918 Eng. Rev. Feb. 127 His people, of the gentlehood of the country surely, had come to the peasant's cottage. 2. The condition, quality, or state of gentle birth or rank. Also: the characteristics traditionally associated with high social standing; courtesy; honour; refinement. Cf. gentility n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentility gentilesse1340 gentility1340 gentlenessc1425 genteelness1636 gentrice1722 ingenuousness1796 gentlehood1861 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage xliv, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 357 He..knew well what changes gentlehood would have demanded from him. 1923 L. Allen Harker Vagaries of Tod & Peter 220 Did she realize how contact with her kindness, her simplicity, her gentlehood, was making him every day more hopelessly her slave? 1936 Speculum 11 324 The people of Romagna had become bastardized; their noble families had been stripped of integrity and gentlehood, and filled every place with poisonous scions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843
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