Толковый словарь английского языка - genteel
Genteel
genteel
adjective Etymology: Middle French gentil gentle Date: 1599 1. having an aristocratic quality or flavor ; stylish , of or relating to the gentry or upper class, elegant or graceful in manner, appearance, or shape, free from vulgarity or rudeness ; polite , 2. maintaining or striving to maintain the appearance of superior or middle-class social status or respectability, b. marked by false delicacy, prudery, or affectation, conventionally or insipidly pretty , ~ly adverb ~ness noun
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adj. 1 affectedly or ostentatiously refined or stylish. 2 often iron. of or appropriate to the upper classes. Derivatives genteelly adv. genteelness n. Etymology: earlier gentile, readoption of F gentil GENTLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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