genty

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French gentil. Compare jaunty.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

genty (comparative more genty, superlative most genty)

  1. (Scotland, dialect) neat; trim
    • 1789, Robert Burns, Beware o' Bonnie Ann:
      Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist, / That sweetly ye might span.
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