galanterien.
/ɡəˈlɑːnt(ə)riː/, /ɡəˈlɒnt(ə)riː/, U.S. /ɡəˌlɑn(t)əˈri/ΚΠ
1616 T. Roe Embassy to Great Mogul 1 Nov. (1899) ii. 320 10,000 horse, many in Cloth of Gould.., all in Galanterie.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 67 To describe..the rich liueries of the young townesmen on horsback; the gallantery of the Noblemen and gentlemen of the country..would fill a book alone.
1710 C. Whitworth Acct. Russia (1758) 82 The Hollanders..bring wines, paper,..brocades, Silesia cloth, and all sorts of gallanteries.
1768 G. Macartney Acct. Russia xii. 152 France..exports to Russia, Wine, brandy, sugar, indico, coffee, silk and mixed stuffs, cambrick, muslin, gallanteries [etc.].
1792 J. Smirnove tr. S. I. Pleshcheev Surv. Russ. Empire i. ii. 16 In return from the European kingdoms we receive woollen cloths,..brilliants, pearls, galanterie goods, coffee, [etc.].
2. Courtesy or politeness, esp. shown to women; an instance of this; = gallantry n. 5a.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > to women
galanterie1641
gallantry1675
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 43 Bilson hath decipher'd us all the galanteries of Signore and Monsignore, and Monsieur as circumstantially as any punctualist of Casteel, Naples, or Fountain Bleau could have don.
1665 R. Boyle Corr. 24 Aug. in Corr. (2001) II. II. 516 Without any further notise of what I must looke on as a piece of Gallanterie, I shall proceed to return you my humble thanks for the good News you send mee.
1713 Guardian 4 Aug. (1745) 162 The several Gallanteries he hourly used before the coy Female would consent to make him happy.
1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. III. xvi. 168 Mr. George Wilson presented her, with the other half of our hero's ticket, and received such an acknowledgement for this little act of galanterie, as tender brides are apt to bestow upon devoted and attentive husbands.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Let. 6 May (1945) II. 534 As for those young ladies, how nice it will be to make them wait upon us old folks (there's a galanterie).
1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl vii. 133 He had an amiable and truly chivalrous galanterie.
1949 K. Amis Lett. (2000) 221 In some people she calls forth more rudeness than they are normally capable of; in others, a wholly foreign politeness and half-sincere galanterie.
2005 Observer (Nexis) 28 Aug. 23 Somehow, the art of seduction has disappeared in Britain. Is it because, along with the art of galanterie, seduction is considered a sexist con?
3. Music. In an early 18th-cent. classical suite: a light movement not forming part of the usual sequence.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > main division of opus > types of movement
allegro1683
amoroso1769
finale1783
adagio1785
andante1785
appassionato1838
trio1840
presto1842
andantino1845
adagietto1852
scherzo1852
scherzando1876
galanterie1911
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 52/1 Then come the galanteries, from one to three in number.
1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 351/2 In the classical suite of the earlier eighteenth century the Galanterien are those movements which are not essential to the scheme and may perhaps be looked upon as interpolations of light relief.
2006 E. C. Murray tr. C. Prieto Adventures Cello 223 In his cello suites, Bach..inserted a pair of galant dances, or galanteries, between the sarabande and the gigue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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