单词 | courtliness |
释义 | courtlinessn. The quality of being courtly; courtly civility or ‘grace of mien’; courtly elegance of manners. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > courtliness gallantnessc1450 gallantise?1510 courtship1598 courtliness1599 gallantry1632 curiality1633 gallanturea1683 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Cortesanamente Courteously, with much courtlinesse or courtesie. 1638 G. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 2 The slightest part that you excell in is Courtliness. 1764 R. Hurd Dial. Uses Foreign Travel viii. 119 All the courtliness and gallantry you make me master of. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 182 His general courtliness of conduct. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxi. 108 It was but the extravagance of courtliness which called his polished..speeches oratory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1599 |
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