gentlemanliness en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The state of being a gentleman.
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(uncountable) gentlemanly behaviour.
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.
1949 March and April, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–2”, in Railway Magazine, page 84:
Translations (7)
fi herrasmiehisyys (being a gentleman) · hi सज्जनता (gentlemanly behaviour) · pl szarmanckość (gentlemanly behaviour) · pl dżentelmeńskość (being a gentleman) · pl dżentelmeńskość (gentlemanly behaviour) · fi herrasmiesmäisyys (gentlemanly behaviour) · pt cavalheirismo (gentlemanly behaviour)