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<hw>Gen*teel"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a genteel manner.</def>

<h1>Genteelness</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen*teel"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being genteel.</def>

<mhw><h1>Genterie, Gentrie</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"ter*ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gen"trie</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. See <er>Gentry</er>.]</ety> <def>Nobility of birth or of character; gentility.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gentian</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>genciane</ets>, F. <ets>gentiane</ets>, L. <ets>gentiana</ets>, fr. <ets>Gentius</ets>, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any one of a genus (<spn>Gentiana</spn>) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Capsule</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; Many species are found on the highest mountains of Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for their beauty, as the Alpine (<spn>Gentiana verna</spn>, <spn>Bavarica</spn>, and <spn>excisa</spn>), and the American fringed gentians (<spn>G. crinita</spn> and <spn>G. detonsa</spn>). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of <spn>Gentiana lutea</spn>, the officinal gentian of the pharmacop&oe;ias.</note>

<cs><col>Horse gentian</col>, <cd>fever root.</cd> -- <col>Yellow gentian</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the officinal gentian (<spn>Gentiana lutea</spn>). See <er>Bitterwort</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gentianaceous</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen`tian*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (<spn>Gentianace\'91</spn>) of which the gentian is the type.</def>

<h1>Gentianella</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen`tian*el"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gentian</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of blue color.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Gentianic</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen`ti*an"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; <as>as, <ex>gentianic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Gentianine</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tian*ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.</def>

<h1>Gentianose</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tian*ose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.</def>

<h1>Gentil</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"til</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>Gentle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gentile</h1> <Xpage=620>

<hw>Gen"tile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gentilis</ets> belonging to the same clan, stock, race, people, or nation; in opposition to <ets>Roman</ets>, a foreigner; in opposition to <ets>Jew</ets> or <ets>Christian</ets>, a heathen: cf. F. <ets>gentil</ets>. See <er>Gentle</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.</def>

<note>&hand; The Hebrews included in the term <i>g\'d3yim</i>, or nations, all the tribes of men who had not received the true faith, and were not circumcised. The Christians translated <i>g\'d3yim</i> by the L. <i>gentes</i>, and imitated the Jews in giving the name <i>gentiles</i> to all nations who were neither Jews nor Christians. In civil affairs, the denomination was given to all nations who were not Romans.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Pagan; heathen. See <er>Pagan</er>.</syn>