courtshipn.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːtʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrtˌʃɪp/

Etymology: < court n.¹ + -ship suffix.

†1.

a. Behaviour or action befitting a court or courtier; courtliness of manners. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > courtliness

gallantnessc1450

gallantise?1510

courtship1598

courtliness1599

gallantry1632

curiality1633

gallanturea1683

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 363 Trim gallants, full of Courtship and of state.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Avj^v For valour, wit, and court-ship, few came nie me.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xcv. sig. Bb4 A man may looke in vaine for Courtship, in a Plowman; or Learning in a Mechanicke.

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 79 How one of his private condition and breeding could arrive to this degree of court-ship.

b. Courteous behaviour; courtesy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun]

manshipOE

metheOE

courtesy?c1225

debonairty?c1225

gentrice?c1225

debonairshipa1240

hendlaika1250

fairnessc1275

hendiness?a1300

hendshipc1300

meeknessc1300

bonairty1303

bonairnessc1375

debonairness1382

humanityc1384

menskinga1400

hendnessc1400

comity1542

civilness1556

civility1561

courtshipa1640

discretion1752

a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman i. i. 85 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Grant this, Which a meer stranger in the way of Courtship Might challenge from you.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 113 This Doctor might have had so much Courtship, or common Civility at least.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 175 His Honour..in Courtship exceeding, Return'd a smart Speech.

c. with plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun]

gentilessea1413

courtesya1475

humanitya1533

urbanities1630

courtship1631

civility1645

gallantry1673

complaisance1710

politeness1720

complacency1749

attention1752

customary1756

sensibility1795

personality1811

amenity1826

suavities1852

1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes i. 211 Besides other elegancies and courtships which the customes of the age doe teach them.

1655 Theophania 36 He was so unaccustomed to such Courtships, that he knew not what reply to make to his civil expressions.

†2. The state befitting a court or courtier. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier > state befitting

courtship1597

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 34 More validitie..more courtship .

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 362 He liveth in better fashion of Courtship, than the other Princes.

†3. Office or position at court; position as a courtier, courtiership. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier > office or practice of

courtingc1530

courtiership1561

courtship1641

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. C^v Hitherto I have onely touched him in his Courtships. I conclude him in his Launce.

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 62 I never had any office, nor any of my relations. I have no courtship.

†4. Practice of the arts of a courtier; courtcraft; diplomacy, flattery, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun]

fickling?c1225

flattering?c1225

oluhningc1225

glozec1290

glozing1297

losengery1303

blandishingc1305

blandingc1315

flatteryc1320

glotheringc1325

soothinga1400

honey word?1406

faginga1425

flatrisec1440

smekingc1440

blandishc1475

blandiment?1510

glavering1545

coggingc1555

good1563

milksop1577

court holy water1583

glavery1583

blandishment1591

lipsalve1591

court holy bread1592

flatter1593

colloguing1596

sooth1597

daub?1602

blandation1605

lullaby1611

court-water1616

butter1618

blandiloquy1623

oil1645

court-element1649

courtshipment1649

courtship1655

blandiloquence1656

court-creama1657

daubing1656

fleecha1700

Spanish money1699

cajole1719

whiting1721

palaver1733

butter boat1747

flummery1749

treacle1771

Spanish coin1785

blancmange1790

blarney1796

soft corn1814

whillywha1816

carney1818

buttering up1819

soft soap1821

flam1825

slaver1825

soft solder1836

soothing syrup1839

soft-soaping1840

plámás1853

sawder1854

soap1854

salve1859

taffy1878

plámásing1897

flannel1927

smarm1937

flannelling1945

sweet talk1945

schmear1950

smarming1950

society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > political skill or statecraft > court-craft

court-craft1646

courtship1655

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D2^v The Frenchman..is wholly compact of deceiuable Courtship.]

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 6 She [sc. Queen Mary] being composed of Courtship and Popery.

1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 219 Courtship, Flattery, and Pretence, become not Kings Counsellors.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 320 What-ever others out of fear or Courtship might call them.

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 274 Who will think of rising by any Means but Courtship or Corruption?

†5.

a. The paying of court or courteous attentions; esp. the paying of ceremonial or complimentary acts of courtesy to (a dignitary). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectful attention

observancec1425

court1590

courtship1597

attendancya1600

observancy1601

observation1605

courting1607

assiduity1641

observantness1727

peculiarity1747

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 23 Our selfe and Bushie, Obserued his courtship to the common people..What reuerence he did throw away on slaues.

1638 J. Ford Fancies Ded. A practice of Courtship to Greatnesse.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 74 The Magistrate..is to bee honour'd with a more elaborate and personall Courtship.

1730 J. Swift Libel on Doctor D——ny 4 Who pay'd his Courtship with the Croud, As far as Modest Pride allow'd.

b. with a and plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > act of dutiful respect

courtship?1611

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 86 She all their courtships overpast with solemn negligence.

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 31 He..cannot imagine God..pleased with..superficial courtships of ceremonious address.

(a) The action or process of paying court to a woman with a view to marriage; courting, wooing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun]

wooingc1000

wouhlechec1230

wouhlechunga1250

love work?a1300

love-druryc1300

love playc1390

suitc1475

lovemakinga1500

loveshipc1500

suiting1568

courtship1600

courting1607

suitoringa1640

amouring1675

sparking1804

sprunting1823

lovering1848

twosing1940

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage

wooingc1000

wouhlechec1230

wouhlechunga1250

suitc1475

suiting1568

courtship1600

courting1607

suitoringa1640

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. viii. 44 Be merry, and imploy your cheefest thoughts to courtship, and such faire ostents of loue.

1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle iv. 41 Follow me, and I'll place you, where you shall, unseen, hear all their Courtship.

1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 236 Pretending court~ship, as is said, to the lady Ann.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 261. ¶3 The pleasantest Part of Man's Life is generally that which passes in Courtship.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiv. 123 A newly-married couple, who had visited Mr. and Mrs. Kenwigs in their courtship.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 333 A like piece of vigorous courtship is..recorded of Æthelred's descendant.

(b) with a and plural.

ΚΠ

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 9. 57 The Conversation of a Courtship is more pleasing than ordinary Discourse.

1893 N.E.D. at Courtship Mod. The comparative advantages of long and short courtships.

b. transferred of animals and plants.

ΚΠ

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 26 Every meadow and marsh resounds with their [sc. birds'] different calls, to courtship or to food.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 58 Not Darwin's self had more delight to sing Of floral courtship, in th' awaken'd spring.

1874 J. Sully Sensation & Intuition 7 Deep sexual emotion built up during the courtships of unnumbered species.

c. figurative.

ΚΠ

1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 47 in Poems Why does that twining plant the Oak embrace? The Oak for courtship most of all unfit.

1856 L. H. Grindon Life vii. 57 How does the plainest improve, as it blushes under the courtship of the summer breezes.

7. figurative. The action of courting, soliciting, or enticing; endeavour to win over or gain.

ΚΠ

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 88 The first attack the Devil made upon our Mother Eve, we have had fully described..Mr. Milton has given us the Particulars as distinctly..as if he had..heard the Courtship, and how cunningly the Devil managed.

1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xiii. 20 In vain from side to side he throws His form, in courtship of repose.

1824 Westm. Rev. 1 454 Wallachia and Turkish Moldavia are open to Austrian courtship.

8. attributive (chiefly sense 6b).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [adjective]

courtship1801

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [adjective] > relating to courting or wooing

courtship1801

1801 Monthly Mirror Sept. 203 In the most unnatural court-ship scene with Lady Anne..I saw only the tyrant hatching plans.

1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist iv. 135 In a large number of birds..the courtship-displays are mutual.

1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xxiii. 130 In the case of spiders, it appears highly probable that the courtship-dance serves to excite the interest and sex-instincts of the female.

1938 Brit. Birds 31 320 The courtship flight and trill is the chief form of courtship activity.

1948 Brit. Birds 41 127 Courtship-feeding of Scottish Crossbill.

1950 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IX. 235/1 Courtship Dances..developed out of the fertility rites... Often in such dances the man shows off before the lady by performing the most spectacular tricks.

1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fisheries i. 3 A male dragonet in courtship dress may flash with rainbow hues.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	courtship
释义	courtshipn. Brit. /ˈkɔːtʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈkɔrtˌʃɪp/ Etymology: < court n.¹ + -ship suffix. †1. a. Behaviour or action befitting a court or courtier; courtliness of manners. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > courtliness gallantnessc1450 gallantise?1510 courtship1598 courtliness1599 gallantry1632 curiality1633 gallanturea1683 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 363 Trim gallants, full of Courtship and of state. View more context for this quotation 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Avj^v For valour, wit, and court-ship, few came nie me. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xcv. sig. Bb4 A man may looke in vaine for Courtship, in a Plowman; or Learning in a Mechanicke. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 79 How one of his private condition and breeding could arrive to this degree of court-ship. b. Courteous behaviour; courtesy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] manshipOE metheOE courtesy?c1225 debonairty?c1225 gentrice?c1225 debonairshipa1240 hendlaika1250 fairnessc1275 hendiness?a1300 hendshipc1300 meeknessc1300 bonairty1303 bonairnessc1375 debonairness1382 humanityc1384 menskinga1400 hendnessc1400 comity1542 civilness1556 civility1561 courtshipa1640 discretion1752 a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman i. i. 85 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Grant this, Which a meer stranger in the way of Courtship Might challenge from you. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 113 This Doctor might have had so much Courtship, or common Civility at least. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 175 His Honour..in Courtship exceeding, Return'd a smart Speech. c. with plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] gentilessea1413 courtesya1475 humanitya1533 urbanities1630 courtship1631 civility1645 gallantry1673 complaisance1710 politeness1720 complacency1749 attention1752 customary1756 sensibility1795 personality1811 amenity1826 suavities1852 1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes i. 211 Besides other elegancies and courtships which the customes of the age doe teach them. 1655 Theophania 36 He was so unaccustomed to such Courtships, that he knew not what reply to make to his civil expressions. †2. The state befitting a court or courtier. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier > state befitting courtship1597 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 34 More validitie..more courtship . View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 362 He liveth in better fashion of Courtship, than the other Princes. †3. Office or position at court; position as a courtier, courtiership. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier > office or practice of courtingc1530 courtiership1561 courtship1641 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. C^v Hitherto I have onely touched him in his Courtships. I conclude him in his Launce. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 62 I never had any office, nor any of my relations. I have no courtship. †4. Practice of the arts of a courtier; courtcraft; diplomacy, flattery, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] fickling?c1225 flattering?c1225 oluhningc1225 glozec1290 glozing1297 losengery1303 blandishingc1305 blandingc1315 flatteryc1320 glotheringc1325 soothinga1400 honey word?1406 faginga1425 flatrisec1440 smekingc1440 blandishc1475 blandiment?1510 glavering1545 coggingc1555 good1563 milksop1577 court holy water1583 glavery1583 blandishment1591 lipsalve1591 court holy bread1592 flatter1593 colloguing1596 sooth1597 daub?1602 blandation1605 lullaby1611 court-water1616 butter1618 blandiloquy1623 oil1645 court-element1649 courtshipment1649 courtship1655 blandiloquence1656 court-creama1657 daubing1656 fleecha1700 Spanish money1699 cajole1719 whiting1721 palaver1733 butter boat1747 flummery1749 treacle1771 Spanish coin1785 blancmange1790 blarney1796 soft corn1814 whillywha1816 carney1818 buttering up1819 soft soap1821 flam1825 slaver1825 soft solder1836 soothing syrup1839 soft-soaping1840 plámás1853 sawder1854 soap1854 salve1859 taffy1878 plámásing1897 flannel1927 smarm1937 flannelling1945 sweet talk1945 schmear1950 smarming1950 society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > political skill or statecraft > court-craft court-craft1646 courtship1655 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D2^v The Frenchman..is wholly compact of deceiuable Courtship.] 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 6 She [sc. Queen Mary] being composed of Courtship and Popery. 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 219 Courtship, Flattery, and Pretence, become not Kings Counsellors. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 320 What-ever others out of fear or Courtship might call them. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 274 Who will think of rising by any Means but Courtship or Corruption? †5. a. The paying of court or courteous attentions; esp. the paying of ceremonial or complimentary acts of courtesy to (a dignitary). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectful attention observancec1425 court1590 courtship1597 attendancya1600 observancy1601 observation1605 courting1607 assiduity1641 observantness1727 peculiarity1747 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 23 Our selfe and Bushie, Obserued his courtship to the common people..What reuerence he did throw away on slaues. 1638 J. Ford Fancies Ded. A practice of Courtship to Greatnesse. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 74 The Magistrate..is to bee honour'd with a more elaborate and personall Courtship. 1730 J. Swift Libel on Doctor D——ny 4 Who pay'd his Courtship with the Croud, As far as Modest Pride allow'd. b. with a and plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > act of dutiful respect courtship?1611 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 86 She all their courtships overpast with solemn negligence. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 31 He..cannot imagine God..pleased with..superficial courtships of ceremonious address. 6. a. (a) The action or process of paying court to a woman with a view to marriage; courting, wooing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] wooingc1000 wouhlechec1230 wouhlechunga1250 love work?a1300 love-druryc1300 love playc1390 suitc1475 lovemakinga1500 loveshipc1500 suiting1568 courtship1600 courting1607 suitoringa1640 amouring1675 sparking1804 sprunting1823 lovering1848 twosing1940 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage wooingc1000 wouhlechec1230 wouhlechunga1250 suitc1475 suiting1568 courtship1600 courting1607 suitoringa1640 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. viii. 44 Be merry, and imploy your cheefest thoughts to courtship, and such faire ostents of loue. View more context for this quotation 1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle iv. 41 Follow me, and I'll place you, where you shall, unseen, hear all their Courtship. 1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 236 Pretending court~ship, as is said, to the lady Ann. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 261. ¶3 The pleasantest Part of Man's Life is generally that which passes in Courtship. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiv. 123 A newly-married couple, who had visited Mr. and Mrs. Kenwigs in their courtship. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 333 A like piece of vigorous courtship is..recorded of Æthelred's descendant. (b) with a and plural. ΚΠ 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 9. 57 The Conversation of a Courtship is more pleasing than ordinary Discourse. 1893 N.E.D. at Courtship Mod. The comparative advantages of long and short courtships. b. transferred of animals and plants. ΚΠ 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 26 Every meadow and marsh resounds with their [sc. birds'] different calls, to courtship or to food. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 58 Not Darwin's self had more delight to sing Of floral courtship, in th' awaken'd spring. 1874 J. Sully Sensation & Intuition 7 Deep sexual emotion built up during the courtships of unnumbered species. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 47 in Poems Why does that twining plant the Oak embrace? The Oak for courtship most of all unfit. 1856 L. H. Grindon Life vii. 57 How does the plainest improve, as it blushes under the courtship of the summer breezes. 7. figurative. The action of courting, soliciting, or enticing; endeavour to win over or gain. ΚΠ 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 88 The first attack the Devil made upon our Mother Eve, we have had fully described..Mr. Milton has given us the Particulars as distinctly..as if he had..heard the Courtship, and how cunningly the Devil managed. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xiii. 20 In vain from side to side he throws His form, in courtship of repose. 1824 Westm. Rev. 1 454 Wallachia and Turkish Moldavia are open to Austrian courtship. 8. attributive (chiefly sense 6b). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [adjective] courtship1801 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [adjective] > relating to courting or wooing courtship1801 1801 Monthly Mirror Sept. 203 In the most unnatural court-ship scene with Lady Anne..I saw only the tyrant hatching plans. 1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist iv. 135 In a large number of birds..the courtship-displays are mutual. 1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xxiii. 130 In the case of spiders, it appears highly probable that the courtship-dance serves to excite the interest and sex-instincts of the female. 1938 Brit. Birds 31 320 The courtship flight and trill is the chief form of courtship activity. 1948 Brit. Birds 41 127 Courtship-feeding of Scottish Crossbill. 1950 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IX. 235/1 Courtship Dances..developed out of the fertility rites... Often in such dances the man shows off before the lady by performing the most spectacular tricks. 1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fisheries i. 3 A male dragonet in courtship dress may flash with rainbow hues. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1597
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