Meaning

2 senses

  1. (dated, idiomatic, offensive, sometimes)Women generally.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gentle, sex.

Forms

plural: gentle sexes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gentilegentleA2gentlemanB1gentlemanlygentleness

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