-- and now to bed. Promise! 1902 Daily Chron. 17 Aug. 8/3 The cavalier cuff of stiffened velvet. 1923 Daily Mail 1 Mar. 6 Sleeves that end in a flounce..gowns with no sleeves at all -- Cavalier cuffs -- there is infinite variety. In a message dated 2/25/2009 5:37:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Are "gentile" and "genteel" synonyms? What say ye? If not, choose genteel in the appropriate context. ---- Where I come from it's not a synonym. It's a euphemism -- for _uncut_! The re-adoption first appears in the form gentile, distinguished from GENTILE (= non-Jewish) by retaining the Fr. pronunciation of the i and the stress on the last syllable. It is probable that it was originally fashionable to retain the Fr. nasal sound in the first syll.; hence the vulgar pronunciation represented by the spelling ‘jonteel’, which occurs in comic literature of the early 19th c. The fully anglicized spelling genteel came in at the end of the 17th c.; see also GENTEE, which corresponds more nearly to the pronunciation of the Fr. word, in which the l is silent. The Oxford defines it as "Of or pertaining to any or all of the nations other than the Jewish." Gram. 1818 TODD, Gentile, belonging to a nation; as British, Irish, German, &c., are gentile adjectives. 1854 R. G. LATHAM Native Races Russian Emp. 223 Lainen is the regular Finlandish termination for gentile nouns. Gram. A part of speech indicating the locality or nation to which anything belongs. 1612 BRINSLEY Pos. Parts (1669) 25 Q. Why are they [nostras and vestras] called Gentiles? A. Because they properly betoken pertaining to some Countrey or Nation: to some Sect or Faction. 1889 Century Dict. s.v., The words, Italian, American, Athenian, are gentiles. Urban Dictionary: roundhead roundhead - 4 definitions - 1. A circumcised penis 2. ... Uparrow Downarrow. roundhead penis cut cavalier uncut foreskin circumcised ... _www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=roundhead_ (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=roundhead) - 31k - Cached - Similar pages Cheers, JL **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html