genty

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adjective

neat; trim

OriginFrench gentil →
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Meanings

adjectivegenty (comparative more genty, superlative most genty)

comparative more genty · superlative most genty

  1. Scotlanddialectalneat; trim

    Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist, / That sweetly ye might span.

    1789, Robert Burns, Beware o' Bonnie Ann

Origin

  1. Frenchgentil
  2. Englishgenty

From French gentil. Compare jaunty.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with genty

twentyplentyvential dentebentydolce far nienteG20
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Cite this entry
APA

genty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genty

MLA

“genty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genty.

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