genteelism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
genteelism (countable and uncountable, plural genteelisms)
- Genteel behaviour.
- (countable) A nicer word used instead of a vulgar or distasteful word
- Synonym: euphemism
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- Were such cheerful genteelisms any use?