gentlt (jent)

[ Al of a Knyght was fair and gent. Chaucer, Sir Thopas, 1. 4. Spenser, F. Q., I. ix. 27. He lov'd, as was his lot, a Lady gent. 2. Neat; slender; elegant. Fair was the yonge wyf, and ther withal As eny wesil hir body gent and smal. Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 48. Her middle was both small and gent . IMG:content-2209.png:[blocks in formation]