genty
English
editEtymology
editFrom French gentil. Compare jaunty.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛnti
Adjective
editgenty (comparative more genty, superlative most genty)
- (Scotland, dialect) neat; trim
- 1789, Robert Burns, Beware o' Bonnie Ann:
- Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist, / That sweetly ye might span.