ultragenteel

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ultra- +‎ genteel

Adjective[edit]

ultragenteel (comparative more ultragenteel, superlative most ultragenteel)

  1. (informal) Very genteel.
    • 2009 June 17, Alastair Macaulay, “When an Earthbound Lad Meets His Winged Sylph”, in New York Times[1]:
      I am relieved that Effie and her fellow Scotswomen do not wear kilts (the mistake made by the majority of today’s “Sylphide” productions), but their empire-line dresses seem to have been purchased in Jane Austen’s Bath, suggesting that this Scottish farmstead houses many more ultragenteel young ladies than we can really credit.