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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Less-than-perfect breeding...

Cedric: I hope you aren't enamoured of her.
It would never work out.

Ralph: Why not?

Cedric: As king, you are expected
to marry a woman of noble birth, particularly given
your less-than-perfect breeding. Behaviour?
And Miss Greene, fetching as
she may be, does not qualify.
  

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It could mean literally his lineage: Considering his family is not from the upper-class families of England, let alone not aristrocracy or royalty. "We might refer to a "well-bred young man" as someone who is very polite. Hopefully, context makes it clear - I would have assumed behavior, but Cedric if referring to the woman's family, so I was doubtful.

— BarbaraPA

  • It could mean literally his lineage: Considering his family is not from the upper-class families of England, let alone not aristrocracy or royalty.
  • "We might refer to a "well-bred young man" as someone who is very polite.
  • Hopefully, context makes it clear - I would have assumed behavior, but Cedric if referring to the woman's family, so I was doubtful.
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It could mean literally his lineage: Considering his family is not from the upper-class families of England, let alone not aristrocracy or royalty.

Or it could mean that the way he has been taught to behave "in polite society."We might refer to a "well-bred young man" as someone who is very polite.

Hopefully, context makes it clear - I would have assumed behavior, but Cedric if r
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