courtlinessn.
/ˈkɔːtlɪnɪs/ The quality of being courtly; courtly civility or ‘grace of mien’; courtly elegance of manners.
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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.
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