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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genteelism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gen-teel-ism
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Genteel behaviour.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A nicer word used instead of a vulgar or distasteful word

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English genteel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English genteelism From genteel + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

genteelisms (plural)

Synonyms

euphemism

Questions

What does genteelism mean?
Genteel behaviour.
Where does genteelism come from?
Etymology tree English genteel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English genteelism From genteel + -ism.

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