ganté

ganté adjective: gloved; wearing gloves.

Adjective

ganté (comparative more ganté, superlative most ganté)

(obsolete) Gloved; wearing gloves.
- Sr. Fop. I was always eminent for being bien ganté.1676, George Etherege, The Man of Mode, or, Sir Fopling Flutter, London: Printed by J. Macock, for Henry Herringman, published 1684, act III, scene II, page 37
- What if all the pains bestowed upon her well-starched petticoat, her satin slip, and aërophane tunic, her transparent stocking, close-fitting shoe, and still closer-fitting glove (for to be bien ganté is beginning to be an article of ball-room religion in London, as it has always been in Paris) ......1846, Catherine Gore, Sketches of English Character, volume I, London: Richard Bentley, page 79

A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.1873, Grace Ramsay, A Salon in the Last Days of the Empire, and Other Sketches, London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 4:
To be properly chaussé and ganté are difficulties at fancy balls.1882, Ardern Holt, Fancy Dresses Described, or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls, 3rd edition, London: Debenham & Freebody; Edward Arnold, page...

comparative	more ganté
superlative	most ganté

Borrowed from French ganté.

What does ganté mean?: Ganté means gloved; wearing gloves.
How do you use ganté in a sentence?: A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.
What part of speech is ganté?: Ganté is an adjective.

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