gentility

English

Etymology

From Old French gentilité

Noun

gentility (countable and uncountable, plural gentilities)

(uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
The upper classes, the gentry.

Translations

The state of being elegant

Bulgarian: елегантност (bg) n (elegantnost)

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Portuguese: gentileza f (1), fidalguia f (2)

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