Meaning of gentilesse | Babel Free
Examples
“[…] nor loved he less / Stately lords in palaces, / Princely women hard to please⟳, / Fenced by form⟳ and ceremony, / Decked by courtly rites and dress / And etiquette of gentilesse.”
“1913, Francis Thompson, "Love's Almsman Plaineth His Fare" in The Complete⟳ Poems of Francis Thompson, New York: Modern Library, no date⟳, p. 252, https://archive.org/details/completepoemsoff00thomiala Who bound thee to a body nothing worth, / And shamed thee much with an unlovely soul, / That the most strainedst charity of earth / Distasteth soon to render back the whole / Of thine inflamèd sweets and gentilesse?”
“[…] in consideration of your youth and the ill nurture, devoid of all gentilesse and courtesy, which you have⟳ doubtless had in the land⟳ of slaves and tyrants, we are disposed to set⟳ you free, unharmed […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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