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Gett vs Gent - What's the difference?

gett | gent |

As nouns the difference between gett and gent

is that gett is a nasty person while gent is a gentleman.

As an adjective gent is

noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.

gett

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Northern England, Geordie, pejorative) A nasty person.
  • (Northumbria) A child, especially a mischievous one.
  • a ritual Jewish divorce.

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    gent

    English

    Etymology 1

    From gentleman .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gentleman.
    • Related terms
    * genteel * gentile * gentle

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) gent, ultimately from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
  • * Chaucer
    • A knight [who] was fair and gent .
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ix:
    • He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent , / That him againe lou'd in the least degree [...].
  • (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
  • * Spenser
    • Her body gent and small.
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