The Word "gent."

It is a significant fact that tho precise deflnition of tho word "gent ii only to be found intheBlajigüicdonary. "Gent" is Raid by ihis authority lo be "a conli'iiction of geiltlenaau in moro sonsas than oae- adressy, sbowy, foppish man, with a littlc miud, who vulgarizes the pïovailing fasliion." As tlie "gent" is tbus a product and rep reentativof certainsooiaj i ooiulitions, thoreisa certiiin fltnesa In tlie wonl wli ui ohanwterizes bim. The Couat d'(.-s once wittily sftid that "geiil' W8 Lort f or Gen tile. Tuis nssurtioa had ti-uth as well as wit, tor G-en; i lo, fiom the Latin gens, has tho saine orïain as a gentleman. The wonl "geul1 fonnci-ly diil duty as an adjootive, oli Eugligh writers using it 10 e.xpross the sol'tcr qualuiosof lbo l'cnialc scx. A "lady gent," histead of bcin' a lady's niaa or opxcomb, was an elegant ör fjentle 'lady, pfovin tliat an eleni(;nt of sotiuoss is assooiated with tiie word.