Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gen-ty
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist, / That sweetly ye might span."

Etymology

From French gentil. Compare jaunty.

Inflected Forms

more genty (comparative) most genty (superlative)

Rhymes With

plenty twenty venti al dente dolce far niente pentimenti benty

Questions

What does genty mean?: neat; trim
Where does genty come from?: From French gentil. Compare jaunty.

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