The Devil’s Dictionary by Abrose Bierce

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Genteel
adj. Refined, after the fashion of a gent.
Observe with care, my son, the distinction I reveal: A gentleman is gentle and a gent genteel. Heed not the definitions your “Unabridged” presents, For dictionary makers are generally gents.
G.J.
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