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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.
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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 honor 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.
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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. 19v 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. B5v 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).
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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. Diiiv 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 . 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.
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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. xxxviiv 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. 98v.
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. 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.
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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. lxxxxvv 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 ye same Iesus..euery knee should bowe & make courtesie.
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Fiiijv 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.
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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).

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.
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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).
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