courtesyn.

/ˈkəːtɪsi/

/ˈkɔːtɪsi/

Forms: Middle English cortesie, cortesye, (Middle English kurteisie), Middle English cortaysye, cortayse, Middle English curtasy, curtase, curtasi, curtaisi, curtassy, curtesi, curteisie, curteisye, curteysye, curtessy(e, curtissie, curtosye, curtysy, Middle English–1500s curtasie, Middle English–1600s curtesie, curtesye, Middle English–1800s curtesy, Middle English courteisie, curtoyse, curtoysy, Middle English–1700s courtesie, 1500s curteyse, curtezy, curteosie, ( curt'sie, curtsie, cur'sie, curchy), courtesye, courtaysye, (1600s courteosie), 1500s– courtesy. See also curtsy n.

Etymology: < Old French cur-, cortesie (later courtoisie ) = Provençal cortezia , Italian cortesia , a Romanic abstract noun in -ía , < cortese courteous adj. Before the 19th cent. pronounced /kɜː-/; c1893 more generally /kɔə-/, except in sense 4, which was also commonly spelt curtesy ; in 20th cent. usually /kɜː-/. In the 16th cent. the medial short e was frequently elided, giving court'sy , curt'sy , formerly occasional in all senses, but now confined to 9, and treated as a separate word: see curtsy n.

a. Courteous behaviour; courtly elegance and politeness of manners; graceful politeness or considerateness in intercourse with others.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun]

manshipOE

metheOE

courtesy?c1225

debonairty?c1225

gentrice?c1225

debonairshipa1240

hendlaika1250

fairnessc1275

hendiness?a1300

hendshipc1300

meeknessc1300

bonairty1303

bonairnessc1375

debonairness1382

humanityc1384

menskinga1400

hendnessc1400

comity1542

civilness1556

civility1561

courtshipa1640

discretion1752

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 304 Of ancre curteisie. of ancre largesce is icumen ofte sunne & scheome on ende.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1529 Þat somtyme men held velany Now yhung men haldes curtasy.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 46 A Knyght ther was..he loued chiualrye Trouthe and hono^r fredom and curteisye.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxvii. 529 It is no curteisie a man to a-vaunte of hym-self.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 54 I am the very pinke of curtesie .

1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xlix Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 3 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian The King..entertained the Ambassador with much curtesie.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 164 The Lieutenant endeavoured, with great courtesy, to dissipate their fright.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 8 In no country is more to be obtained by the cheap outlay of courtesy in manner and speech.

1889 Spectator 12 Oct. 466/2 Courtesy, the true considerateness which will infringe no right of another,..which recognises all individuality and pays homage to all just claims, is self-suppression in action, as well as concrete sympathy.

b. to show or do one (a) courtesy: also figurative.

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1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 97 An Ointment or Plaister of it might do a man a courtesie that hath any hot virulent sores.

†c. to strain or pinch courtesy: (a) to insist too much on, be over-punctilious in, the observance of courtesy; to stand upon ceremony; (b) to act or treat with less than due courtesy.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)]

to strain or pinch courtesy1528

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable > stand upon ceremony

to strain or pinch courtesy1528

to stand on (also upon) points (also one's points)a1592

to stand upon ceremony1603

(a)

1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 107/2 Without any strayning of curtesie, whereof the serimonyes in disputacion marreth much of the matter.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 657 I pynche courtaysye as one doth that is nyce of condyscions.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 19^v Modestye caused us to pinch courtesie who shoulde first come.

1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. 194 Yet to this honour, as my fitting hire, If you me call, I will not curchy straine.

1623 J. Taylor New Discouery by Sea sig. B5^v But, (like Gossips neere a Stile) they stand straining curtesie who shal go first.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 5 Such was Peters unseasonable Humilitie..who..would needs straine courtesy with his Master.

1823 C. Lamb Two Races of Men in Elia 53 Strain not courtesies with a noble enemy.]

(b)1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie iii. iii. sig. E4 I must straine cur~sie with you, I haue busines, I cannot stay.1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 48 I cry you mercy my busines was great, and in such a case as mine, a man may straine curtesie. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 150 Princesse Eromilia (whom feare had caused to strain courtesie with her religious vow).

a. As a quality: Courteous disposition; courteousness; † also nobleness, generosity, benevolence, goodness (obsolete).

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun]

goodshipOE

goodnessOE

well-willingnessOE

goodlaikc1175

charity?c1225

courtesy1297

kindnessc1300

meeknessc1300

kindheada1325

benignityc1374

benevolencec1384

kindshipa1393

betternessa1400

homeliness1402

goodliness1405

courteousnessc1430

kindliness1440

kindlaikc1450

beneficialness1528

beneficence1531

benevolency1545

beneficency1576

kindheartedness1583

benefiting1594

candidness1643

benefacture1651

geniality1652

candour1653

hearta1656

obliging1676

benevolentness1736

affectionateness1751

warm-heartedness1808

Samaritanism1843

sweet-heartedness1865

benignancy1876

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > as a quality or disposition

courtesy1526

courteousness1530

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 189 Þe Kynges los so wyde sprong ynou Of godenesse & of cortesye.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 378 Crist, of his curtasie, interpretiþ þer wordis to goode.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diii^v Whiche vertues: as chastite..curtesy, gentilnesse..good maner, & suche other.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 557/2 Let vs learne to esteeme God's graces, to the ende they may bring vs to all courtesie.

1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. xiii. 344 Love towards Inferiors..is Courtesy and Condescension.

1887 T. Fowler Princ. Morals ii. ii. 97 Kindness may be defined as a disposition to confer benefits, courtesy as a disposition to waive rights.

1891 G. W. Russell Gladstone xi. 280 A most engaging quality of Mr. Gladstone's character is his courtesy.

†b. to stand to or at the courtesy (of): to depend or be dependent upon the indulgence, favour, or kindness of; similarly to leave to, be at the courtesy (of). Obsolete.

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society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > dependent on

to leave to, be at the courtesy (of)a1538

to stand to or at the courtesy (of)a1538

to fall upon ——?1672

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 75 Some provysyon for the second bretherne..& not to leve them bare to the only curtesy of theyr eldyst brother.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 151 It is better..to stand at the curtesie of crowes than of flatterers.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xxxiii. 21 For better it is that thy children should seeke to thee, then that thou shouldst stand to their courtesie .

1654 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. Introd. 64 That did place the legislative power absolutely in the Parliament, and left it at courtesy, whether the Parliament would after concede any negatives to him.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 51 We always let a raw Brother come in for full share, to Encourage him, but afterward..he stands to Courtisie.

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 300 The younger sons of a Hottentot..are at the courtesie of the eldest both for their fortunes and liberty.

a. of, by (†at) courtesy: by favour or indulgence; by common good will or allowance, as distinguished from inherent or legal right.

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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > improperly [phrase] > by allowance, not by right

of, by (at) courtesy1587

curiality1641

1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 115 His [a knight's] wife also of courtesie so long as she liueth is called my ladie.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxx. 47 March paines, & such other dainty meates as by the curtesie & custome euery gest might carry from a common feast home with him to his owne house.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 4 If he relied upon that Title he could be but a King at Curtesie.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. ii. xxi It has no unity Therewith, but onely doth of cur'sy lend It life.

1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iv. 58 The Popes in later times had some power in England, of courtesy, not of Duty.

1706–43 E. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. 165 Only of Courtesy the Title of Lord is given to all the Sons of Dukes and Marquisses, and to the Eldest Sons of Earls.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 227 One..who calls himself (by courtesy) Your humble servant.

1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 253 By the courtesy of the house, a member who has been thanked in his place, is considered as having a right always to occupy that place.

b. Hence courtesy title: a title of no legal validity given by social custom or courtesy; esp. applied to the territorial titles given to the eldest sons of earls and peers of higher rank, the prefix Lord or Lady to the names of the younger sons and the daughters of dukes and marquises, and of Honourable to the children of Viscounts and Barons. So also courtesy rank, etc. Also transferred.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > [noun] > courtesy title

honourablea1440

master1489

Hon'ble?1541

monsieur1598

curiality1641

courtesy title1840

1840 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. iii. 96 The courtesy rank which they had acquired already.

1865 E. Lucas in H. E. Manning Ess. Relig. & Lit. 361 A sort of courtesy-title, allowed to some aggregation of men who profess to belong to the One Society, but who do not in reality belong to it.

1887 Daily News 7 Sept. 6/3 The deceased..is succeeded in the courtesy title by his brother.

1889 Whitaker's Almanack 660 (heading) Titles of Courtesy borne by Eldest sons of Dukes, etc.

4. Law.

a. A tenure by which a husband, after his wife's death, holds certain kinds of property which she has inherited, the conditions varying with the nature of the property. More fully called courtesy (curtesy) of England or of Scotland.The most common instance is that in which the husband holds for life estates of which the wife in her lifetime has been seised in fee-simple or fee-tail, provided there has been lawful issue of the marriage able to inherit.

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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > types of tenure by inheritance

Borough-English1327

parage1450

courtesy1523

homage ancestral?1538

borough-kind1577

tanistrya1599

borough-tenurea1670

parentage1728

curiality1861

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 12 Tenauntes by the curtesy, tenauntes in dower.

1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xv. f. xxxvii^v No man shall be tenaunt by the curtesye of lande without hys wyfe haue possessyon in dede.

?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student vii. f. xvi To holde as tenaunt by the curtysye of Englande.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 73 Curtesie of Scotland, is quhen ane man mareis ane heretrice of lands: procreates vpon hir ane quick barne, maill, or female: And it happens the woman onlie, or beath the woman and the bairne, to deceise.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 98^v.

1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent iv. 42 The husband shall be Tenant by the Curtesy of a Moiety.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. ix. 221 A marriage, tho' of the longest continuance, gives no right to the courtesy, if there was no issue of it.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 158 (heading) Origin of Estates by the Curtesy, and Circumstances required to their Existence..Curtesy in Gavel-kind.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 155/1 The wife's equitable inheritances are subject to courtesy.

1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. iii. 122 An estate by the curtesy of England.

†b. (See quot. 1723) Obsolete.

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1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 148 After I had Served out the five Years Servitude [having been kidnapped as a slave to Virginia], I should have the Courtisie of the Country, as they call'd it; that is a certain Quantity of Land to Cultivate and Plant for myself.

5. U.S. Courtesy of the Senate: (a) the custom by which the President of the United States, in making appointments to office, is guided by the wishes of the Senators of the State in which the office is held; (b) the custom by which the nomination of Senators or Ex-senators to an office is confirmed without reference to a committee.

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1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. vi. 79 By this system, which obtained the name of the Courtesy of the Senate, the President was practically enslaved as regards appointments.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. vi. 80 The ‘Courtesy of the Senate’ would never have attained its present strength but for the growth..of the so-called Spoils System.

6. (with plural) A courteous act or expression.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun]

gentilessea1413

courtesya1475

humanitya1533

urbanities1630

courtship1631

civility1645

gallantry1673

complaisance1710

politeness1720

complacency1749

attention1752

customary1756

sensibility1795

personality1811

amenity1826

suavities1852

a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 171 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 304 Anoþer curtayse y wylle þe teche.

1582 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 419 By your greate favoures and curteosies obteynynge the same.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v.xi. sig. X3 He fiercely gan assay That curt'sie with like kindnesse to repay.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 126 You calld me dogge: and for these curtesies Ile lend you thus much moneyes.

1627 J. Ware in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 134 The many curtesies which I received from you at my last being in England.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iii. i To have a nauseous Courtesie forc'd on me.

1832 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War III. 925 All the courtesies and humanities of generous warfare.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 19 He seem'd to slur With garrulous ease and oily courtesies Our formal compact.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iv. 95 Some courtesies even passed between him and the great Sir Robert Walpole.

7. The courteous or ceremonious expression of apology or deprecation: in phrases to make courtesy (at), to make a show of ceremonious deprecation, to scruple; to make no courtesy, to make no ceremony, scruple, or ‘bones’ (at or of). Obsolete.

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the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > be willing [verb (intransitive)]

willeOE

reckeOE

to make no courtesy1542

sussy1567

fadge1592

brook1604

to make no knobs1677

to go out of one's way (to do something)1680

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)]

nillOE

loathea1200

to make it tough1297

forthinka1300

reckc1300

ruea1400

to make (it) strangec1405

to make strangenessc1407

stick1418

resistc1425

to make (it) strange?1456

steek1478

tarrowc1480

doubt1483

sunyie1488

to make (it) nice1530

stay1533

shentc1540

to make courtesy (at)1542

to make it scrupulous1548

to think (it) much1548

to make dainty of (anything)1555

to lie aback1560

stand1563

steek1573

to hang back1581

erch1584

to make doubt1586

to hang the groin1587

to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589

yearn1597

to hang the winga1601

to make squeamish1611

smay1632

bogglea1638

to hang off1641

waver1643

reluct1648

shy1650

reluctate1655

stickle1656

scruple1660

to make boggle1667

revere1689

begrudge1690

to have scruples1719

stopc1738

bitch1777

reprobate1779

crane1823

disincline1885

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)]

quarrelc1391

reclaimc1425

to make courtesy (at)1542

protest1550

recontest1611

objurgate1642

obtest1650

remonstrant1654

remonstrate1655

represent1717

protest1870

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] > courteous or ceremonious

courtesy1542

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > as apology or deprecation

courtesy1542

curtsy1575

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1877) 69 Plato refused to doe it..but Aristippus made no courtesie at the matter.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxxv^v When the Lorde Chamberlaine had tolde this message, thei [sc. the 2 Ambassadors] rode furth and made no more curtesie.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 249/2 They that haue any honestie or any shame in them, will make courtesie at it.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 232 A very great gift, which he made curtesy to accept, saying it was too much for such a mean person.

†8. The customary expression of respect by action or gesture, esp. to a superior; the action of inclining, bowing, or lowering the body; usually in phrase to make or do courtesy. Obsolete.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bow, kneel, or curtsey

loutc825

abowOE

bowa1000

kneel?a1000

kneec1000

crookc1320

to bow the knee1382

inclinec1390

crouchc1394

croukc1394

coucha1500

plya1500

to make or do courtesy1508

beck1535

to make a (long, low, etc.) leg1548

curtsya1556

dopc1557

binge1562

jouk1567

beckon1578

benda1586

humblea1592

vaila1593

to scrape a leg1602

congee1606

to give the stoop1623

leg1628

scrape1645

to drop a curtsy1694

salaam1698

boba1794

dip1818

to make (also perform) a cheese1834

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey

crookc1330

beckc1375

obediencec1390

obeisancea1393

reverencec1400

inclinationa1425

courtesy1508

curtsy1513

honour1531

leg1548

duck1554

beisance1556

jouk1567

congee1577

crouch1597

humblesso1599

inclinabo1607

salaam1613

dop1616

scrape1628

bowa1656

visit-leg1673

couchee1691

dip1792

bob1825

1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.iv Whan your souerayne is set..make your souerayne curtesy.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. ii. f. v In the name of y^e same Iesus..euery knee should bowe & make courtesie.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Fiiij^v All suche as wayte on hym, stoupe downe & make lowe curtesie.

a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxiii. 7 Thei..loov..to have curtesi doon to them in the commun places.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 104 The Elephant hath ioynts, but none for courtesie .

1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 232 Them that make curtesie to the Chancell where the high Altar stood.

9. An obeisance: see curtsy n. 3.

†10. A ‘mannerly’ or moderate quantity; = curtsy n. 4. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a moderate quantity, amount, or degree

modicumc1400

reasonc1450

curtsy1528

courtesy1530

considerable1745

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 463/2 It is good for your sonne to drinke a courtesye [Fr. ung peu] of Malvesye.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xvii. 12 I haue no bred, but an handfull of floure in a pitcher, & a curtesy oyle in a cruse.

1573 J. Partridge Treasurie Commodious Conceits xliii. sig. D.vj Take a curtesy of storax liquida.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Gen. xliii. 11 Carie to the man for presents, a courtesie of rosen, and of honey, and of incense.

†11. Used like worship, etc. as an ascriptive title.

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1631 J. Done Polydoron 22 Hee that showes store of money amongst needie persons, whets a borrower to cut his courteosies purse, or a theefe to steale it.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

courtesy campaign n.

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1962 Economist 13 Jan. 139/1 The ‘courtesy campaign’, organised by a group of progressive women, has had some success.

C2.

courtesy call n. = courtesy visit n.

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society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > courtesy or duty

duty call1864

visite de digestion1908

courtesy visit1934

courtesy call1957

1957 R. Graves tr. Suetonius Twelve Caesars ix. 270 One of these men paid a courtesy call at the Palace.

1970 W. J. Burley To kill Cat i. 7 Detective Chief Superintendent Wycliffe..was on holiday though paying a courtesy call at the local police station.

courtesy card n. originally U.S. a card entitling the holder to certain privileges.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > ticket > for free use or admission

free pass1653

billet1697

order1763

paper1785

pass1838

courtesy card1934

1934 Amer. Speech 9 111/1 For families planning a vacation there is an abundance of free travel literature, road maps, courtesy cards, etc.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 33 The ticket for all these activities is called the College Week courtesy card. It is issued only to bona fide students who can present their college identity card.

courtesy cop n. colloquial a policeman whose duty it is to persuade motorists, etc., to good behaviour by courtesy rather than by toughness.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > with other specific duties

receiver1829

shoo-fly1877

charge-inspector1887

sparrow cop1896

handler1908

courtesy cop1938

community policeman1941

first responder1975

1938 Daily Mail 4 Apr. 9/5 In the London area the ‘courtesy cops’ will concentrate at first on four of the busiest roads.

1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xxii. 379 The ‘courtesy cops’—policemen in cars with orders to warn drivers politely but firmly.

1962 M. Urquhart Frail on North Circular i. 8 A sergeant on motor-cycle patrol, he came under the category of courtesy cop.

courtesy patrol n.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > branch or part of police force > specific

water1552

armed police1787

special police1804

detective force1849

traffic police1883

vice squad1905

drug squad1913

blue force1920

ghost squad1922

flying squad1927

Sweeney1936

morality squad1945

courtesy patrol1961

strike force1961

pussy posse1963

drugs squad1965

vice1967

mobile1971

uniform branch1972

uniform1978

NCIS1991

1961 Economist 21 Oct. 228/1 Even the men who police the road [in Colorado] are called a ‘courtesy patrol’ and have no police power off the highways, and very little on them.

courtesy light n. a light inside a car that is automatically switched on when one of the doors is opened.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > interior light

roof light1933

courtesy light1959

1959 Times 2 Oct. 11/3 Courtesy lights are now actuated by the opening of any of the four doors.

† courtesy-morsel n. Obsolete a piece left ‘for manners' sake’, a ‘manners-bit’.

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the world > food and drink > food > amounts of food > [noun] > small quantity > left on plate for manner's sake

courtesy-morsel1614

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > of food left on plate after eating

courtesy-morsel1614

1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. i. i. 34 When we see a glutton leaue nothing in the platter, not somuch as the curtesy-morsell, we say, Lari sacrificat.

courtesy rank n. (see sense 3b).

courtesy title n. (see sense 3b).

courtesy visit n. (see quot. 1934).

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society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > courtesy or duty

duty call1864

visite de digestion1908

courtesy visit1934

courtesy call1957

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Courtesy adj.,..granted or performed as a courtesy or by way of courtesy; as, a courtesy letter or visit.

1937 Burlington Mag. Mar. 112/2 It is no doubt quite possible that Guercino paid a courtesy-visit to Lodovico.

C3. attributive passing into adj. (Supplied, esp. for use) free of charge, as a courtesy: esp. courtesy car. Chiefly U.S.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > supplied free as a courtesy

courtesy1968

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 50/1 (advt.) Courtesy car supplied only at Eglinton Caledonia Volkswagen.

1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. b4/4 Tell us the dress size you want to wear... Call us now for a free courtesy treatment and figure analysis without obligation.

1975 D. Lodge Changing Places i. 26 He tries to read a courtesy copy of Time, but can't concentrate.

1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant x. 117 We've just learned that your courtesy basket was not delivered in time.

1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 117 The management provides a courtesy car to the Loop, daily from 8 am to 4 pm.

1984 Times 14 May 17/5 In-bound passengers..can wait comfortably in a ‘buffer lounge’ (with pay phones and courtesy phones for car-hire and hotel bookings).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	courtesy
释义	courtesyn. /ˈkəːtɪsi//ˈkɔːtɪsi/ Forms: Middle English cortesie, cortesye, (Middle English kurteisie), Middle English cortaysye, cortayse, Middle English curtasy, curtase, curtasi, curtaisi, curtassy, curtesi, curteisie, curteisye, curteysye, curtessy(e, curtissie, curtosye, curtysy, Middle English–1500s curtasie, Middle English–1600s curtesie, curtesye, Middle English–1800s curtesy, Middle English courteisie, curtoyse, curtoysy, Middle English–1700s courtesie, 1500s curteyse, curtezy, curteosie, ( curt'sie, curtsie, cur'sie, curchy), courtesye, courtaysye, (1600s courteosie), 1500s– courtesy. See also curtsy n. Etymology: < Old French cur-, cortesie (later courtoisie ) = Provençal cortezia , Italian cortesia , a Romanic abstract noun in -ía , < cortese courteous adj. Before the 19th cent. pronounced /kɜː-/; c1893 more generally /kɔə-/, except in sense 4, which was also commonly spelt curtesy ; in 20th cent. usually /kɜː-/. In the 16th cent. the medial short e was frequently elided, giving court'sy , curt'sy , formerly occasional in all senses, but now confined to 9, and treated as a separate word: see curtsy n. 1. a. Courteous behaviour; courtly elegance and politeness of manners; graceful politeness or considerateness in intercourse with others. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] manshipOE metheOE courtesy?c1225 debonairty?c1225 gentrice?c1225 debonairshipa1240 hendlaika1250 fairnessc1275 hendiness?a1300 hendshipc1300 meeknessc1300 bonairty1303 bonairnessc1375 debonairness1382 humanityc1384 menskinga1400 hendnessc1400 comity1542 civilness1556 civility1561 courtshipa1640 discretion1752 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 304 Of ancre curteisie. of ancre largesce is icumen ofte sunne & scheome on ende. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1529 Þat somtyme men held velany Now yhung men haldes curtasy. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 46 A Knyght ther was..he loued chiualrye Trouthe and hono^r fredom and curteisye. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxvii. 529 It is no curteisie a man to a-vaunte of hym-self. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 54 I am the very pinke of curtesie . View more context for this quotation 1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xlix Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 3 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian The King..entertained the Ambassador with much curtesie. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 164 The Lieutenant endeavoured, with great courtesy, to dissipate their fright. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 8 In no country is more to be obtained by the cheap outlay of courtesy in manner and speech. 1889 Spectator 12 Oct. 466/2 Courtesy, the true considerateness which will infringe no right of another,..which recognises all individuality and pays homage to all just claims, is self-suppression in action, as well as concrete sympathy. b. to show or do one (a) courtesy: also figurative. ΚΠ 1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 97 An Ointment or Plaister of it might do a man a courtesie that hath any hot virulent sores. †c. to strain or pinch courtesy: (a) to insist too much on, be over-punctilious in, the observance of courtesy; to stand upon ceremony; (b) to act or treat with less than due courtesy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] to strain or pinch courtesy1528 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable > stand upon ceremony to strain or pinch courtesy1528 to stand on (also upon) points (also one's points)a1592 to stand upon ceremony1603 (a) 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 107/2 Without any strayning of curtesie, whereof the serimonyes in disputacion marreth much of the matter. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 657 I pynche courtaysye as one doth that is nyce of condyscions. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 19^v Modestye caused us to pinch courtesie who shoulde first come. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. 194 Yet to this honour, as my fitting hire, If you me call, I will not curchy straine. 1623 J. Taylor New Discouery by Sea sig. B5^v But, (like Gossips neere a Stile) they stand straining curtesie who shal go first. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 5 Such was Peters unseasonable Humilitie..who..would needs straine courtesy with his Master. 1823 C. Lamb Two Races of Men in Elia 53 Strain not courtesies with a noble enemy.] (b)1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie iii. iii. sig. E4 I must straine cur~sie with you, I haue busines, I cannot stay.1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 48 I cry you mercy my busines was great, and in such a case as mine, a man may straine curtesie. View more context for this quotation1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 150 Princesse Eromilia (whom feare had caused to strain courtesie with her religious vow). 2. a. As a quality: Courteous disposition; courteousness; † also nobleness, generosity, benevolence, goodness (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] goodshipOE goodnessOE well-willingnessOE goodlaikc1175 charity?c1225 courtesy1297 kindnessc1300 meeknessc1300 kindheada1325 benignityc1374 benevolencec1384 kindshipa1393 betternessa1400 homeliness1402 goodliness1405 courteousnessc1430 kindliness1440 kindlaikc1450 beneficialness1528 beneficence1531 benevolency1545 beneficency1576 kindheartedness1583 benefiting1594 candidness1643 benefacture1651 geniality1652 candour1653 hearta1656 obliging1676 benevolentness1736 affectionateness1751 warm-heartedness1808 Samaritanism1843 sweet-heartedness1865 benignancy1876 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > as a quality or disposition courtesy1526 courteousness1530 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 189 Þe Kynges los so wyde sprong ynou Of godenesse & of cortesye. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 378 Crist, of his curtasie, interpretiþ þer wordis to goode. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diii^v Whiche vertues: as chastite..curtesy, gentilnesse..good maner, & suche other. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 557/2 Let vs learne to esteeme God's graces, to the ende they may bring vs to all courtesie. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. xiii. 344 Love towards Inferiors..is Courtesy and Condescension. 1887 T. Fowler Princ. Morals ii. ii. 97 Kindness may be defined as a disposition to confer benefits, courtesy as a disposition to waive rights. 1891 G. W. Russell Gladstone xi. 280 A most engaging quality of Mr. Gladstone's character is his courtesy. †b. to stand to or at the courtesy (of): to depend or be dependent upon the indulgence, favour, or kindness of; similarly to leave to, be at the courtesy (of). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > dependent on to leave to, be at the courtesy (of)a1538 to stand to or at the courtesy (of)a1538 to fall upon ——?1672 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 75 Some provysyon for the second bretherne..& not to leve them bare to the only curtesy of theyr eldyst brother. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 151 It is better..to stand at the curtesie of crowes than of flatterers. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xxxiii. 21 For better it is that thy children should seeke to thee, then that thou shouldst stand to their courtesie . View more context for this quotation 1654 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. Introd. 64 That did place the legislative power absolutely in the Parliament, and left it at courtesy, whether the Parliament would after concede any negatives to him. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 51 We always let a raw Brother come in for full share, to Encourage him, but afterward..he stands to Courtisie. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 300 The younger sons of a Hottentot..are at the courtesie of the eldest both for their fortunes and liberty. 3. a. of, by (†at) courtesy: by favour or indulgence; by common good will or allowance, as distinguished from inherent or legal right. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > improperly [phrase] > by allowance, not by right of, by (at) courtesy1587 curiality1641 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 115 His [a knight's] wife also of courtesie so long as she liueth is called my ladie. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxx. 47 March paines, & such other dainty meates as by the curtesie & custome euery gest might carry from a common feast home with him to his owne house. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 4 If he relied upon that Title he could be but a King at Curtesie. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. ii. xxi It has no unity Therewith, but onely doth of cur'sy lend It life. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iv. 58 The Popes in later times had some power in England, of courtesy, not of Duty. 1706–43 E. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. 165 Only of Courtesy the Title of Lord is given to all the Sons of Dukes and Marquisses, and to the Eldest Sons of Earls. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 227 One..who calls himself (by courtesy) Your humble servant. 1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 253 By the courtesy of the house, a member who has been thanked in his place, is considered as having a right always to occupy that place. b. Hence courtesy title: a title of no legal validity given by social custom or courtesy; esp. applied to the territorial titles given to the eldest sons of earls and peers of higher rank, the prefix Lord or Lady to the names of the younger sons and the daughters of dukes and marquises, and of Honourable to the children of Viscounts and Barons. So also courtesy rank, etc. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > [noun] > courtesy title honourablea1440 master1489 Hon'ble?1541 monsieur1598 curiality1641 courtesy title1840 1840 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. iii. 96 The courtesy rank which they had acquired already. 1865 E. Lucas in H. E. Manning Ess. Relig. & Lit. 361 A sort of courtesy-title, allowed to some aggregation of men who profess to belong to the One Society, but who do not in reality belong to it. 1887 Daily News 7 Sept. 6/3 The deceased..is succeeded in the courtesy title by his brother. 1889 Whitaker's Almanack 660 (heading) Titles of Courtesy borne by Eldest sons of Dukes, etc. 4. Law. a. A tenure by which a husband, after his wife's death, holds certain kinds of property which she has inherited, the conditions varying with the nature of the property. More fully called courtesy (curtesy) of England or of Scotland.The most common instance is that in which the husband holds for life estates of which the wife in her lifetime has been seised in fee-simple or fee-tail, provided there has been lawful issue of the marriage able to inherit. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > types of tenure by inheritance Borough-English1327 parage1450 courtesy1523 homage ancestral?1538 borough-kind1577 tanistrya1599 borough-tenurea1670 parentage1728 curiality1861 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 12 Tenauntes by the curtesy, tenauntes in dower. 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xv. f. xxxvii^v No man shall be tenaunt by the curtesye of lande without hys wyfe haue possessyon in dede. ?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student vii. f. xvi To holde as tenaunt by the curtysye of Englande. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 73 Curtesie of Scotland, is quhen ane man mareis ane heretrice of lands: procreates vpon hir ane quick barne, maill, or female: And it happens the woman onlie, or beath the woman and the bairne, to deceise. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 98^v. 1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent iv. 42 The husband shall be Tenant by the Curtesy of a Moiety. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. ix. 221 A marriage, tho' of the longest continuance, gives no right to the courtesy, if there was no issue of it. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 158 (heading) Origin of Estates by the Curtesy, and Circumstances required to their Existence..Curtesy in Gavel-kind. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 155/1 The wife's equitable inheritances are subject to courtesy. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. iii. 122 An estate by the curtesy of England. †b. (See quot. 1723) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 148 After I had Served out the five Years Servitude [having been kidnapped as a slave to Virginia], I should have the Courtisie of the Country, as they call'd it; that is a certain Quantity of Land to Cultivate and Plant for myself. 5. U.S. Courtesy of the Senate: (a) the custom by which the President of the United States, in making appointments to office, is guided by the wishes of the Senators of the State in which the office is held; (b) the custom by which the nomination of Senators or Ex-senators to an office is confirmed without reference to a committee. ΚΠ 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. vi. 79 By this system, which obtained the name of the Courtesy of the Senate, the President was practically enslaved as regards appointments. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. vi. 80 The ‘Courtesy of the Senate’ would never have attained its present strength but for the growth..of the so-called Spoils System. 6. (with plural) A courteous act or expression. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] gentilessea1413 courtesya1475 humanitya1533 urbanities1630 courtship1631 civility1645 gallantry1673 complaisance1710 politeness1720 complacency1749 attention1752 customary1756 sensibility1795 personality1811 amenity1826 suavities1852 a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 171 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 304 Anoþer curtayse y wylle þe teche. 1582 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 419 By your greate favoures and curteosies obteynynge the same. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v.xi. sig. X3 He fiercely gan assay That curt'sie with like kindnesse to repay. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 126 You calld me dogge: and for these curtesies Ile lend you thus much moneyes. View more context for this quotation 1627 J. Ware in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 134 The many curtesies which I received from you at my last being in England. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iii. i To have a nauseous Courtesie forc'd on me. 1832 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War III. 925 All the courtesies and humanities of generous warfare. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 19 He seem'd to slur With garrulous ease and oily courtesies Our formal compact. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iv. 95 Some courtesies even passed between him and the great Sir Robert Walpole. 7. The courteous or ceremonious expression of apology or deprecation: in phrases to make courtesy (at), to make a show of ceremonious deprecation, to scruple; to make no courtesy, to make no ceremony, scruple, or ‘bones’ (at or of). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > be willing [verb (intransitive)] willeOE reckeOE to make no courtesy1542 sussy1567 fadge1592 brook1604 to make no knobs1677 to go out of one's way (to do something)1680 the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)] quarrelc1391 reclaimc1425 to make courtesy (at)1542 protest1550 recontest1611 objurgate1642 obtest1650 remonstrant1654 remonstrate1655 represent1717 protest1870 the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] > courteous or ceremonious courtesy1542 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > as apology or deprecation courtesy1542 curtsy1575 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1877) 69 Plato refused to doe it..but Aristippus made no courtesie at the matter. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxxv^v When the Lorde Chamberlaine had tolde this message, thei [sc. the 2 Ambassadors] rode furth and made no more curtesie. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 249/2 They that haue any honestie or any shame in them, will make courtesie at it. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 232 A very great gift, which he made curtesy to accept, saying it was too much for such a mean person. †8. The customary expression of respect by action or gesture, esp. to a superior; the action of inclining, bowing, or lowering the body; usually in phrase to make or do courtesy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bow, kneel, or curtsey loutc825 abowOE bowa1000 kneel?a1000 kneec1000 crookc1320 to bow the knee1382 inclinec1390 crouchc1394 croukc1394 coucha1500 plya1500 to make or do courtesy1508 beck1535 to make a (long, low, etc.) leg1548 curtsya1556 dopc1557 binge1562 jouk1567 beckon1578 benda1586 humblea1592 vaila1593 to scrape a leg1602 congee1606 to give the stoop1623 leg1628 scrape1645 to drop a curtsy1694 salaam1698 boba1794 dip1818 to make (also perform) a cheese1834 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey crookc1330 beckc1375 obediencec1390 obeisancea1393 reverencec1400 inclinationa1425 courtesy1508 curtsy1513 honour1531 leg1548 duck1554 beisance1556 jouk1567 congee1577 crouch1597 humblesso1599 inclinabo1607 salaam1613 dop1616 scrape1628 bowa1656 visit-leg1673 couchee1691 dip1792 bob1825 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.iv Whan your souerayne is set..make your souerayne curtesy. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. ii. f. v In the name of y^e same Iesus..euery knee should bowe & make courtesie. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Fiiij^v All suche as wayte on hym, stoupe downe & make lowe curtesie. a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxiii. 7 Thei..loov..to have curtesi doon to them in the commun places. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 104 The Elephant hath ioynts, but none for courtesie . View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 232 Them that make curtesie to the Chancell where the high Altar stood. 9. An obeisance: see curtsy n. 3. †10. A ‘mannerly’ or moderate quantity; = curtsy n. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a moderate quantity, amount, or degree modicumc1400 reasonc1450 curtsy1528 courtesy1530 considerable1745 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 463/2 It is good for your sonne to drinke a courtesye [Fr. ung peu] of Malvesye. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xvii. 12 I haue no bred, but an handfull of floure in a pitcher, & a curtesy oyle in a cruse. 1573 J. Partridge Treasurie Commodious Conceits xliii. sig. D.vj Take a curtesy of storax liquida. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Gen. xliii. 11 Carie to the man for presents, a courtesie of rosen, and of honey, and of incense. †11. Used like worship, etc. as an ascriptive title. ΚΠ 1631 J. Done Polydoron 22 Hee that showes store of money amongst needie persons, whets a borrower to cut his courteosies purse, or a theefe to steale it. Compounds C1. General attributive. courtesy campaign n. ΚΠ 1962 Economist 13 Jan. 139/1 The ‘courtesy campaign’, organised by a group of progressive women, has had some success. C2. courtesy call n. = courtesy visit n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > courtesy or duty duty call1864 visite de digestion1908 courtesy visit1934 courtesy call1957 1957 R. Graves tr. Suetonius Twelve Caesars ix. 270 One of these men paid a courtesy call at the Palace. 1970 W. J. Burley To kill Cat i. 7 Detective Chief Superintendent Wycliffe..was on holiday though paying a courtesy call at the local police station. courtesy card n. originally U.S. a card entitling the holder to certain privileges. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > ticket > for free use or admission free pass1653 billet1697 order1763 paper1785 pass1838 courtesy card1934 1934 Amer. Speech 9 111/1 For families planning a vacation there is an abundance of free travel literature, road maps, courtesy cards, etc. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 33 The ticket for all these activities is called the College Week courtesy card. It is issued only to bona fide students who can present their college identity card. courtesy cop n. colloquial a policeman whose duty it is to persuade motorists, etc., to good behaviour by courtesy rather than by toughness. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > with other specific duties receiver1829 shoo-fly1877 charge-inspector1887 sparrow cop1896 handler1908 courtesy cop1938 community policeman1941 first responder1975 1938 Daily Mail 4 Apr. 9/5 In the London area the ‘courtesy cops’ will concentrate at first on four of the busiest roads. 1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xxii. 379 The ‘courtesy cops’—policemen in cars with orders to warn drivers politely but firmly. 1962 M. Urquhart Frail on North Circular i. 8 A sergeant on motor-cycle patrol, he came under the category of courtesy cop. courtesy patrol n. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > branch or part of police force > specific water1552 armed police1787 special police1804 detective force1849 traffic police1883 vice squad1905 drug squad1913 blue force1920 ghost squad1922 flying squad1927 Sweeney1936 morality squad1945 courtesy patrol1961 strike force1961 pussy posse1963 drugs squad1965 vice1967 mobile1971 uniform branch1972 uniform1978 NCIS1991 1961 Economist 21 Oct. 228/1 Even the men who police the road [in Colorado] are called a ‘courtesy patrol’ and have no police power off the highways, and very little on them. courtesy light n. a light inside a car that is automatically switched on when one of the doors is opened. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > interior light roof light1933 courtesy light1959 1959 Times 2 Oct. 11/3 Courtesy lights are now actuated by the opening of any of the four doors. † courtesy-morsel n. Obsolete a piece left ‘for manners' sake’, a ‘manners-bit’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > amounts of food > [noun] > small quantity > left on plate for manner's sake courtesy-morsel1614 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > of food left on plate after eating courtesy-morsel1614 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. i. i. 34 When we see a glutton leaue nothing in the platter, not somuch as the curtesy-morsell, we say, Lari sacrificat. courtesy rank n. (see sense 3b). courtesy title n. (see sense 3b). courtesy visit n. (see quot. 1934). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > courtesy or duty duty call1864 visite de digestion1908 courtesy visit1934 courtesy call1957 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Courtesy adj.,..granted or performed as a courtesy or by way of courtesy; as, a courtesy letter or visit. 1937 Burlington Mag. Mar. 112/2 It is no doubt quite possible that Guercino paid a courtesy-visit to Lodovico. C3. attributive passing into adj. (Supplied, esp. for use) free of charge, as a courtesy: esp. courtesy car. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > supplied free as a courtesy courtesy1968 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 50/1 (advt.) Courtesy car supplied only at Eglinton Caledonia Volkswagen. 1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. b4/4 Tell us the dress size you want to wear... Call us now for a free courtesy treatment and figure analysis without obligation. 1975 D. Lodge Changing Places i. 26 He tries to read a courtesy copy of Time, but can't concentrate. 1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant x. 117 We've just learned that your courtesy basket was not delivered in time. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 117 The management provides a courtesy car to the Loop, daily from 8 am to 4 pm. 1984 Times 14 May 17/5 In-bound passengers..can wait comfortably in a ‘buffer lounge’ (with pay phones and courtesy phones for car-hire and hotel bookings). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). courtesyv. Etymology: < courtesy n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourtesy. †1. transitive. To treat with courtesy; to pay courteous attentions to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous to [verb (transitive)] courtesy1570 notice1660 to keep measures with1709 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1759/1 (margin) Boner looketh to be curtised. a1595 R. Williams Actions Lowe Countries (1618) 5 (T.) The prince politickly courtesied him with all favours. 2. intransitive. To make a curtsy: see curtsy v. 1. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.?c1225v.1570
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