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/'dʤentl/ * tính từ - hiền lành, dịu dàng, hoà nhã; nhẹ nhàng; thoai thoải =a gentle nature+ bản chất hiền lành hoà nhã =a gentle breeze+ làn gió nhẹ =the gentle sex+ phái đẹp, giới phụ nữ =a gentle medicine+ thuốc nhẹ (ít công phạt) =a gentle slope+ dốc thoai thoải =the gentle craft+ nghề câu cá (một công việc êm ái, nhẹ nhàng) - (thuộc) dòng dõi trâm anh, (thuộc) gia đình quyền quý - (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) lịch thiệp, lịch sự; cao quý =gentle reader+ bạn đọc cao quý (lời nói đầu của tác giả với người đọc) * danh từ - mồi giòi (để câu cá) - (số nhiều) (thông tục) những người thuộc gia đình quyền quý * ngoại động từ - luyện (ngựa) cho thuần
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gentle reader — noun Courteous reader, an old fashioned phrase common in the prefaces of books • • • Main Entry: ↑gentle … Useful english dictionary
gentle reader — kind reader (form of address used by an author when addressing a reader) … English contemporary dictionary
Gentle — Gen tle, a. [Compar. {Gentler}; superl. {Gentlest}.] [OE. gentil, F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful, fr. L. gentilis of the same clan or race, fr. gens, gentis, tribe, clan, race, orig. that which belongs together by birth, fr. the root of genere … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gentle — [jent′ l] adj. gentler, gentlest [ME gentil < OFr, of noble birth < L gentilis, of the same gens (in LL, of a good family) < gens: see GENS] 1. belonging to the upper classes or polite society 2. like or suitable to polite society;… … English World dictionary
gentle — Formerly a vocative in its own right, especially in the plural when it was used to address a group of nobles or gentlemen and gentlewomen. Examples of such usage occur in, e.g., The Merry Wives of Windsor (3:ii) and Henry the Fifth (l:i). The… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
gentle — gentleness, n. gently, adv. /jen tl/, adj., gentler, gentlest, v., gentled, gentling. adj. 1. kindly; amiable: a gentle manner. 2. not severe, rough, or violent; mild: a gentle wind; a gentle tap on the shoulder. 3. moderate: gentle heat. 4 … Universalium
gentle — [13] Expressions like ‘of gentle birth’, and related forms such as gentility [14] and gentleman [13] point up the original link between gentle and ‘family, stock, birth’. The word comes via Old French gentil from Latin gentīlis, a derivative of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
gentle — [13] Expressions like ‘of gentle birth’, and related forms such as gentility [14] and gentleman [13] point up the original link between gentle and ‘family, stock, birth’. The word comes via Old French gentil from Latin gentīlis, a derivative of… … Word origins
gentle — I. adjective (gentler; gentlest) Etymology: Middle English gentil, from Anglo French, from Latin gentilis of a gens, of one s family, from gent , gens gens, nation; akin to Latin gignere to beget more at kin Date: 13th century 1. a. belonging to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Reader's Digest Condensed Books — were a series of anthology books, available by subscription and originally published quarterly (the frequency of publication went through several changes over the years), by Reader s Digest. Each volume consisted of three to five current… … Wikipedia
The gentle craft — Gentle Gen tle, a. [Compar. {Gentler}; superl. {Gentlest}.] [OE. gentil, F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful, fr. L. gentilis of the same clan or race, fr. gens, gentis, tribe, clan, race, orig. that which belongs together by birth, fr. the root of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
