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gentlesse

gentlesse noun: gentilesse; gentleness.

Noun

gentlesse (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) gentilesse; gentleness
    • The savage man, that never till this hour/Did taste of pity, neither gentlesse knew1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about gentlesse

What does gentlesse mean?
Gentlesse means gentilesse; gentleness.
What part of speech is gentlesse?
Gentlesse is a noun.

Words near gentlesse in the dictionary

  1. gentles
  2. gentleship
  3. gentlesir
  4. gentlesirs
  5. gentlesome
  6. gentlesse
  7. gentlest
  8. gentlethem
  9. gentlethems
  10. gentlewoman
  11. gentlewomanhood

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