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单词 courtliness
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courtlinessn.

/ˈkɔːtlɪnɪs/
Etymology: < courtly adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being courtly; courtly civility or ‘grace of mien’; courtly elegance of manners.
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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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