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dysphony (medicine)


dysphony
<medicine> A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice.

Origin: NL. Dysphonia, Gr.; ill, hard + sound, voice: cf. F. Dysphonie.

Source: Websters Dictionary


gentility (iou)



gentility noun. . ME.
[In branch I from Old & mod. French gentilite, from gentil: see GENTLE adjective, -ITY. In branch II, from eccl. & medieval Latin gentilitas paganism has at least been contributory.]
I. In senses rel. to GENTLE adjective, GENTEEL adjective.
Gentle birth, honourable extraction. arch. ME.
J. Collier An ancient Gentility does not..convey to us any Advantage..of Body or Mind.
b. People of gentle birth; the gentry. obsolete exc. Scot. L16.
Thomas Smith The Nobility, the rest of the gentilitie, & the yeomanrie.
c. The rank or heraldic status of a gentleman. M17.
Polite manners, courtesy. Only in L16.
Spenser Such wilde woodes should far expell All civile usage and gentility.
Social superiority as shown by manners, behaviour, appearances, etc.; (an instance of) manners, behaviour, etc., displaying such superiority. Now chiefly derog., genteel behaviour: see GENTEEL adjective 6. M17.
J. Ruskin Once get the wealthy classes to imagine that the possession of pictures..adds to their gentility. George Eliot Let him forsake a decent craft that he may pursue the gentilities of a profession. J. Gross No more staid men with sound views, no more suffocating gentility.
Elegance, refinement. M-L18.
II. In senses rel. to GENTILE adjective.
Heathen belief or practice; paganism. Also, the pagan world. E16-M17.
Relationship between members of a gens. Formerly, the gens itself. L16.