GENTRY, jen'tri, _n._ the class of people below the rank of nobility:
(_coll._) people of a particular, esp. an inferior, stamp: (_Shak._) noble
birth. [Apparently an altered form of _gentrice_, from O. Fr. _genterise_,
_gentelise_, formed from adj. _gentil_, gentle.]
GENTY, jen'ti, _adj._ (_Scot._) neat, pretty, graceful.
GENUFLECT, jen-[=u]-flekt', _v.i._ to bend the knee in worship or
respect.--_ns._ GENUFLEC'TION, GENUFLEX'ION. [L. _genu_, the knee,
_flect[)e]re_, to bend.]
GENUINE, jen'[=u]-in, _adj._ natural, not spurious or adulterated: real:
pure: (_zool._) conformable to type.--_adv._ GEN'UINELY.--_n._
GEN'UINENESS. [L. _genuinus_--_gign[)e]re_, to beget.]
GENUS, j[=e]'nus, _n._ (_zool._) a group consisting of a number of species
closely connected by common characters or natural affinity: (_log._) a
class of objects comprehending several subordinate species:--_pl._ GENERA
(jen'[.e]ra).--_adjs._ GENER'IC, -AL, pertaining to a genus: relating to
gender: of a general nature, not special: distinctly
characteristic.--_adv._ GENER'ICALLY. [L. _genus_, _generis_, birth; cog.
with Gr. _genos_--_gignesthai_.]