
ETYMOLOGY
from Latin gracilentus (slender, thin),
from gracilis (gracile, gracefully slender) + -entus
EXAMPLE
“…his old scratch-wig awry, and his garments sadly bespeaking wretchedness; we think we can see him, with this outward repulsiveness of appearance, sitting down to give a gracilent opinion of the canine species…”
From: The Ladies’ Repository
A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, January, 1852
“Thoughts on a Canine Subject”
By James Pummill