单词 | courtless |
释义 | courtlessadj. 1. Without a court. ΚΠ a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 287 If it salbe..sic courteours to sett out our court, war it nocht better to be courtles? ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > uncourtly uncourtly1598 courtless1616 uncourtly1640 uncourtierlike1786 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne ii. v, in Wks. I. 549 Alasse, lady, these answers by silent curt'sies, from you, are too courtlesse, and simple. I haue euer had my breeding in court. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.a1614 |
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