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[ˈdʒɛntl], (Adjective)
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- having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character
(e.g: a gentle, sensitive man)
- moderate in action, effect, or degree; not strong or violent
(e.g: take some gentle exercise)
- (of a person) noble or having the qualities attributed to noble birth; courteous and chivalrous
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Middle English: from Old French gentil ‘high-born, noble’, from Latin gentilis ‘of the same clan’ (see gentile). The original sense was ‘nobly born’, hence ‘courteous, chivalrous’, later ‘mild, moderate in action or disposition’ (mid 16th century)
[ˈdʒɛntl], (Verb)
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- make or become gentle
(e.g: Cobb's tone gentled a little)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French gentil ‘high-born, noble’, from Latin gentilis ‘of the same clan’ (see gentile). The original sense was ‘nobly born’, hence ‘courteous, chivalrous’, later ‘mild, moderate in action or disposition’ (mid 16th century)
[ˈdʒɛntl], (Noun)
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- a maggot, especially the larva of a blowfly, used as bait
(e.g: he put the gentle on the hook)
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Origin
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late 16th century: probably from an obsolete sense of the adjective, ‘soft, pliant’
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