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gentle nor simple

gentle nor simple adjective: of any social standing.

Adjective

gentle nor simple (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Of any social standing.
    • Sir, cried the man, equally provoked, this is talking quite out of character ; for as to broken bones, there's ne'er a person in all England, gentle nor simple, can say he's a right to break mine, for I'm not a person of that sort, but a man of as good property as another man; and there's ne'er a...1820, Fanny Burney, Cecilia: or, Memoirs of an heiress - Volume 2, page 100
    • I'm forbid to let anybody in, gentle nor simple, if you please.1884, Plutus Adonis, a mythical hero - Volume 2

Noun

gentle nor simple pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) No one, regardless of social standing.
    • The implements of his daily work, which was that of a jobbing gardener, stood in a corner, and seeing probably that she looked rural, he said, 'If you want me to undertake country work I can't come, for I never leave Casterbridge for gentle nor simple -- not I."1888, Thomas Hardy, The Withered Arm

Questions about gentle nor simple

What does gentle nor simple mean?
Gentle nor simple means of any social standing.
What part of speech is gentle nor simple?
Gentle nor simple can be an adjective or a noun.

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