Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentlemanliness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: gen-tle-man-li-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being a gentleman.

Uncountable

noun

gentlemanly behaviour.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But in addition to this, in both there seemed to me to be an underlying basis of gentlemanliness, not especially observable in the locomotive men, or many of them, of years ago."

Etymology

Etymology tree English gentlemanly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gentlemanliness From gentlemanly + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does gentlemanliness mean?: The state of being a gentleman.
Where does gentlemanliness come from?: Etymology tree English gentlemanly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gentlemanliness From gentlemanly + -ness.

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