Gent meaning
Graceful; elegant.
adjective
A gentleman.
noun
A gentleman; man.
noun
Pretty; graceful.
adjective
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1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix.
He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent, / That him againe lou'd in the least degree [...].
adjective
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
the Gents
Origin of gent
- Middle English noble, excellent from Old French well-born from Latin genitus past participle of gignere to beget genə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Short for gentleman
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”).
From Wiktionary
- From gentleman.
From Wiktionary