| 释义 |
unˈcourtliness
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Lack of courtliness; uncourtly behaviour.
1668H. More Div. Dial. v. xxi. (1713) 474 A great piece of roughness, rudeness and uncourtliness. 1710Addison Whig Exam. No. 5 ⁋11 Notwithstanding the uncourtliness of their phrases the sense was very honest. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. v. 34 Our sex perhaps expect to hear a little—uncourtliness shall I call it? from the husband. |