GENTEEL
ADJECTIVES
► FARRANTLY of a person: genteel, respectable → 1790 N. Eng. dial.
► JAUNTY of persons, their manners, etc.: well-bred; gentlemanly; genteel → 1674 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► GENTEEL ► GENTIL a genteel person; a gentleman → 1675 obs.
► NIBS a shabby, genteel person, ‘with no means but high pretensions’ → 1859 sl.