gentrice

American  

[jen-tris] / ˈdʒɛn trɪs /

noun

Archaic.

1. gentility; high birth.

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Etymology

Origin of gentrice

1175–1225; Middle English gentrise < Old French genterise, alteration of gentelise, equivalent to gentil gentle + -ise -ice

Example Sentences

But I am ane that ken full weel that ye may wear good claithes, and have a saft hand, and yet that may come of idleness as weel as gentrice.'

From Redgauntlet by Scott, Walter, Sir

Did ever you hear that gentrice put money in folk’s pockets?”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

My gentrice has nothing to do with where I lie," said I. "I bless God I have lain hard ere now, and can do the same again with thankfulness.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I don't hold with gentrice, who fetch their drink from London instead of helping local traders to get their living.”

From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy

"Pennyland here, pennyland there, they were closer in blood on Black Duncan than any of your shore-side par-tans, who may be gentrice by sheepskin right but never by the glaive."

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil