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单词 courtless
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courtlessadj.

Etymology: < court n.1 + -less suffix; in sense 2 apparently formed after court-ly.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourtless.
1. Without a court.
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a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 287 If it salbe..sic courteours to sett out our court, war it nocht better to be courtles?
2. Wanting in courtliness, uncourtly. Obsolete.
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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).
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