Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as gentilitious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Peculiar to a people; national.
  • adjective Hereditary; entailed on a family.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete specific to a people; national
  • adjective obsolete hereditary; entailed on a family

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin gentilitius. See gentile.

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  • (adj): 1. Pertaining or peculiar to a nation or family; of high birth.

    2. Hereditary

    This is a curious tetrasyllabic word comprised of eleven letters, of which the innermost five letters are palindromic.

    December 31, 2008

  • This word belongs in this list: Words that sound dirty but aren't!

    December 31, 2008

  • Acchh!%$#@ How do I make it a LIST????? Wah!

    December 31, 2008

  • From faq:

    SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO MAKE A WEB LINK.

    This is useful for people who want to link to lists but don't know how. Using the Brackets is for words, not lists. I've seen some people try to link lists this way, and it doesn't work.

    This is done by making a simple HTML tag. The example is below.

    <A HREF="blah">Linked text here</A>

    Where "blah" is, you replace that with the URL. The URL is the exact web address. To get that, all you have to do is highlight the URL/Address at the top of your browser and then COPY-PASTE it into where the "blah" is. That's it! Enjoy!

    December 31, 2008

  • Whichbe, dontcry uses the other technique:

    put it in brackets, someone will eventually give up and type the real link.

    Hee hee!

    December 31, 2008

  • Yes, Pro. I like your way better! It's so..... ME!But whichbe-baby, thanks for trying. I promise I'll try it the next time...

    *feeling the pressure already...rocking, twirling hair, biting nails...*

    December 31, 2008

  • Shortcuts on the popup at the "Some html" link just above the comment field, too.

    January 1, 2009

  • His statements, both tweets and official,

    Give proof of a grave mental issue.

    His dad joined the Klan

    And formed the young man

    So call it a trait gentilitial.

    December 1, 2018