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Definition of Gentil
1. a. & n. Gentle.
Definition of Gentil
1. kind [adj] - See also: kind
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentil
Literary usage of Gentil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"(Le gentil, 17B8.) Messier, who examined the nebula carefully, in 1771, gives
four stars, and a very good drawing of the nebula, in " Histoi l'Académie," ..."
2. Chief British Poets of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Selected Poems by William Allan Neilson, Kenneth Grant Tremayne Webster (1916)
"... Tliat therfore sholden ye be gentil men, Swich arrogance is nat worth an hen.
Loke who that is most vertuous alway, Privée and apert, ..."
3. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"THE gentil-FALCON. (Falco gentilis, Lin.) THIS bird is somewhat larger than the
Goshawk. Its bill is of a lead colour; cere and irides yellow: the head and ..."
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