† gentee, a. Obs.
Also 7 jentee; and see jaunty.
[ad. F. gentil (pronounced ʒɑ̃ti).]
a. = genteel a. 4. b. = genteel a. 3.
| 1664 Butler Hud. ii. i. 747 They are..So gentee, Alamode, and handsome. a 1680 ― Rem. (1759) I. 148 Taught the wild Arabs on the Road To act in a more gentee Mode. |