gentriceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛntɹɪs/

名詞

gentrice (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The state or quality of being high-born; gentility.
   • 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited., published 1886, OCLC 1056292939:

     “And where could I get a horse to him?” cried Alan, turning on her with the same appearance of fury. “Would ye have me steal?”
     […] “Ye neednae tell me,” she said at last—“ye’re gentry.”
     “Well,” said Alan, softened a little (I believe against his will) by this artless comment, “and suppose we were? Did ever you hear that gentrice put money in folk’s pockets?”