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21courtly love — The term courtly love, generally used to describe a group of literary conventions common in western Europe in the later medieval period, was in fact never used in the Middle Ages. It was coined by the scholar Gaston Paris in 1883 to denote an… …
22courtly love — a highly stylized code of behavior popular chiefly from the 12th to the 14th century that prescribed the rules of conduct between lovers, advocating idealized but illicit love, and which fostered an extensive medieval literature based on this… …
23Courtly Love — A term first used by Gaston Paris in 1883 article to describe the culture of love and system of love and adoration developed in Northern France during the late 12th century. Under this system, the lover, who pursued his illicit and passionate… …
24courtly love — noun (Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers • Topics: ↑Middle Ages, ↑Dark Ages • Hypernyms: ↑code of conduct, ↑code of behavior * * * ˌcourtly ˈlove 7 [courtly love …
25courtly — adjective /ˈkɔːtli,ˈkɔrtli/ a) Suitable for a royal court; refined, dignified. b) Obsequious, flattering …
26courtly — Synonyms and related words: adulatory, aristocratic, august, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, civilized, complimentary, conventional, courtierly, dignified, fair spoken, fawning, fine spoken,… …
27courtly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. elegant, refined. See elegance, courtesy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. elegant, dignified, refined, gallant; see cultured , polite 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. dignified, refined, polite,… …
28courtly — court|ly [ kɔrtli ] adjective FORMAL very polite in a formal way …
29courtly — court·ly || kÉ”Ëtlɪ adj. noble, courteous, having elegant manners …
30courtly — adjective (courtlier, courtliest) very polite and refined. Derivatives courtliness noun …
