courtlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːtli/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrtli/

Etymology: formed as court n.¹ + -ly suffix¹.

†1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with the Court. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [adjective] > relating to sovereign and ministers or court

curial1478

courtly1483

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [adjective] > relating to court

palasina1425

courtly1483

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ij The maner of the peple curyall or courtly.

1567 Norfolk Let. in J. Strype Ann. Reformation i. l. 536 Than that I can write any thing of courtly proceedings.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Nn8 The Courtly Church, where the Prince & his family of the Court heareth diuine seruice.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 24 + 4 In Courtly company.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 62 And were his Majestie..attended onely with his Ordinary Courtly Guard.

1786 F. Burney Lett. 10 July I fear you will be so taken up with your courtly attendance, that you will have no leisure.

1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) I. 105 The minion of courtly power.

a. Of persons (or their manners): Having the manners or breeding befitting the Court; polished, refined, of a high-bred courtesy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > courtly

courtlyc1450

curial1478

court-like1552

courtierly1880

c1450 Crt. of Love 474 Be jolif, fressh, and fete, with thinges newe, Courtly with maner.

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 679 Se þat ye haue officers boþe courtly and connynge.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 74^v Philautus.., curteous by nature, and courtlye by countenaunce.

1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice i. sig. B2 The French are passing Courtly.

1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 17 Of a courtly..behavour.

1791 F. Burney Diary June (1842) V. 213 I could but accede, though I fear with no very courtly grace.

1852 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. xiii. 234 The most courtly gentleman that he has seen in Europe.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. 520 His manners were genial, and even courtly.

b. courtly love n. a highly conventionalized medieval system of chivalric love and etiquette first developed by the troubadours of southern France and extensively employed in European literature from the 12th century throughout the medieval period. Cf. amour courtois n.

ΚΠ

1896 L. F. Mott Syst. Courtly Love iv. 24 Springing forth in the earliest troubadours,..the sentiments of courtly love attain their full growth in the epics of Chrétien de Troies.

1896 L. F. Mott Syst. Courtly Love iv. 27 Courtly love was declared incompatible with marriage.

1899 J. H. Smith Troubadours at Home I. iv. 58 Courtly, chivalric love, the gospel of the troubadours,..was love for married women.

1924 L. A. Hibbard Med. Romance in Eng. iii. 209 To minds filled with the precepts of courtly love, the fée's command was completely in accord with the insistence of courtly love doctrines on the necessity for secrecy in love.

1933 R. Tuve Seasons & Months iv. 157 The..pleasaunces and allegorical fountains of the French courtly-love-garden tradition.

1936 C. S. Lewis Allegory of Love i. 2 Courtly love..is..love of a highly specialized sort, whose characteristics may be enumerated as Humility, Courtesy, Adultery, and the Religion of Love.

1963 I. Murdoch Unicorn xii. 106 Beauty..commands worship rather than arousing desire. That is the meaning of Courtly Love.

3. Of things: Having the state, elegance, or refinement befitting a court; elegant, refined.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective]

polisheda1382

dainteousc1386

polite?a1500

delicatea1533

courtly1535

civil1551

court-like1552

well-refined1575

nice1588

perpolite1592

politic1596

soft1599

terse1628

refine1646

refined1650

elegant1652

genteel1678

chastea1797

spirituala1806

aesthetic1844

nicey1859

raffiné1865

nuttish1869

too-tooa1884

sophisticated1895

lavender1928

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 397 The madynis come in mony courtlie ring.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Z.iv His youth, his sport, his pleasant chere, His courtly state and company.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 68 You haue too Courtly a wit, for me.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 362 Many Courtly Barges, both for magnificent shewes and pleasure of the water.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1865) II. 14 Alas! the same caprices reign In courtly hall, or tented plain.

1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. i. 107 The governor..entertained them with a courtly hospitality.

a. In bad sense: Characterized by the fair words or flattery of courtiers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners

fairOE

honeyed1435

glozed1509

fair-tongued1541

fine1568

smoothed1568

smoothinga1592

sugary1591

slicked1594

rose water1598

rose-watered1599

candied1604

soft1609

courtlya1616

smooth-faced1626

oileda1640

blandished1671

sugar1687

fair-spoken1704

smooth-tongued1761

silky1778

pill-gilded1822

blarneyfied1830

greasy1848

blarneyed1861

soothering1866

soothing-syrupy1902

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. i. 27 To Promise, is most Courtly and fashionable.

1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 13 In our own [days] (excuse some Courtly strains) No whiter page than Addison remains.

1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 78 Truth sometimes escapes from the most courtly pens.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 120 A large and respectable minority voted against the proposed words as too courtly.

1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 717 A more impudent case of courtly falsehood can hardly be found.

b. Disposed to favour or be subservient to the Court.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] > to the court

courtly1849

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 225 Convicted by a jury, such as the courtly sheriffs of those times were in the habit of selecting.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 213 That judgment James had notoriously obtained..by dismissing scrupulous magistrates, and by placing on the bench other magistrates more courtly.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 131 He was now essentially aristocratic and courtly in his predilection.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	courtly
释义	courtlyadj. Brit. /ˈkɔːtli/, U.S. /ˈkɔrtli/ Etymology: formed as court n.¹ + -ly suffix¹. †1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with the Court. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [adjective] > relating to sovereign and ministers or court curial1478 courtly1483 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [adjective] > relating to court palasina1425 courtly1483 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ij The maner of the peple curyall or courtly. 1567 Norfolk Let. in J. Strype Ann. Reformation i. l. 536 Than that I can write any thing of courtly proceedings. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Nn8 The Courtly Church, where the Prince & his family of the Court heareth diuine seruice. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 24 + 4 In Courtly company. View more context for this quotation 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 62 And were his Majestie..attended onely with his Ordinary Courtly Guard. 1786 F. Burney Lett. 10 July I fear you will be so taken up with your courtly attendance, that you will have no leisure. 1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) I. 105 The minion of courtly power. 2. a. Of persons (or their manners): Having the manners or breeding befitting the Court; polished, refined, of a high-bred courtesy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > courtly courtlyc1450 curial1478 court-like1552 courtierly1880 c1450 Crt. of Love 474 Be jolif, fressh, and fete, with thinges newe, Courtly with maner. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 679 Se þat ye haue officers boþe courtly and connynge. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 74^v Philautus.., curteous by nature, and courtlye by countenaunce. 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice i. sig. B2 The French are passing Courtly. 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 17 Of a courtly..behavour. 1791 F. Burney Diary June (1842) V. 213 I could but accede, though I fear with no very courtly grace. 1852 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. xiii. 234 The most courtly gentleman that he has seen in Europe. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. 520 His manners were genial, and even courtly. b. courtly love n. a highly conventionalized medieval system of chivalric love and etiquette first developed by the troubadours of southern France and extensively employed in European literature from the 12th century throughout the medieval period. Cf. amour courtois n. ΚΠ 1896 L. F. Mott Syst. Courtly Love iv. 24 Springing forth in the earliest troubadours,..the sentiments of courtly love attain their full growth in the epics of Chrétien de Troies. 1896 L. F. Mott Syst. Courtly Love iv. 27 Courtly love was declared incompatible with marriage. 1899 J. H. Smith Troubadours at Home I. iv. 58 Courtly, chivalric love, the gospel of the troubadours,..was love for married women. 1924 L. A. Hibbard Med. Romance in Eng. iii. 209 To minds filled with the precepts of courtly love, the fée's command was completely in accord with the insistence of courtly love doctrines on the necessity for secrecy in love. 1933 R. Tuve Seasons & Months iv. 157 The..pleasaunces and allegorical fountains of the French courtly-love-garden tradition. 1936 C. S. Lewis Allegory of Love i. 2 Courtly love..is..love of a highly specialized sort, whose characteristics may be enumerated as Humility, Courtesy, Adultery, and the Religion of Love. 1963 I. Murdoch Unicorn xii. 106 Beauty..commands worship rather than arousing desire. That is the meaning of Courtly Love. 3. Of things: Having the state, elegance, or refinement befitting a court; elegant, refined. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective] polisheda1382 dainteousc1386 polite?a1500 delicatea1533 courtly1535 civil1551 court-like1552 well-refined1575 nice1588 perpolite1592 politic1596 soft1599 terse1628 refine1646 refined1650 elegant1652 genteel1678 chastea1797 spirituala1806 aesthetic1844 nicey1859 raffiné1865 nuttish1869 too-tooa1884 sophisticated1895 lavender1928 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 397 The madynis come in mony courtlie ring. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Z.iv His youth, his sport, his pleasant chere, His courtly state and company. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 68 You haue too Courtly a wit, for me. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 362 Many Courtly Barges, both for magnificent shewes and pleasure of the water. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1865) II. 14 Alas! the same caprices reign In courtly hall, or tented plain. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. i. 107 The governor..entertained them with a courtly hospitality. 4. a. In bad sense: Characterized by the fair words or flattery of courtiers. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners fairOE honeyed1435 glozed1509 fair-tongued1541 fine1568 smoothed1568 smoothinga1592 sugary1591 slicked1594 rose water1598 rose-watered1599 candied1604 soft1609 courtlya1616 smooth-faced1626 oileda1640 blandished1671 sugar1687 fair-spoken1704 smooth-tongued1761 silky1778 pill-gilded1822 blarneyfied1830 greasy1848 blarneyed1861 soothering1866 soothing-syrupy1902 a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. i. 27 To Promise, is most Courtly and fashionable. View more context for this quotation 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 13 In our own [days] (excuse some Courtly strains) No whiter page than Addison remains. 1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 78 Truth sometimes escapes from the most courtly pens. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 120 A large and respectable minority voted against the proposed words as too courtly. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 717 A more impudent case of courtly falsehood can hardly be found. b. Disposed to favour or be subservient to the Court. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] > to the court courtly1849 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 225 Convicted by a jury, such as the courtly sheriffs of those times were in the habit of selecting. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 213 That judgment James had notoriously obtained..by dismissing scrupulous magistrates, and by placing on the bench other magistrates more courtly. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 131 He was now essentially aristocratic and courtly in his predilection. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). courtlyadv. Etymology: formed as court n.¹ + -ly suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourtly. In the manner or style of the Court; in courtly fashion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adverb] > in a well-mannered way > in courtly manner courtlya1592 a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) i. sig. C3 Then will I deck thee Princely, instruct thee courtly, And present thee to the Queene as my gift. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 7 They can produce nothing so courtly writ..as Sir John Suckling. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vi. 177 You speak so courtly and clerkly, that I, too, am inclined to trust you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.c1450adv.a1592
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courtlyadj.

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