Definition of Gentil

1. a. & n. Gentle.

Definition of Gentil

1. kind [adj] - See also: kind

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentil

gentian violet
gentianaceous
gentianella
gentianella amarella
gentianellas
gentianic
gentianic acid
gentianine
gentianophil
gentianophilous
gentianophobic
gentianose
gentians
gentier
gentiest
gentil (current term)
gentile
gentile-falcon
gentiles
gentilesse
gentilesses
gentilic
gentilish
gentilism
gentilities
gentility
gentilize
gentilized
gentilizes
gentilizing

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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