courtly

  • 31courtly — a. Polished, elegant, polite. See courteous …

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  • 32courtly — adj 1. gentlemanly, gentlemanlike, gallant, chivalrous, chivalric; refined, well bred, polished, sophisticated, elegant, suave, debonair, urbane; polite, civil, mannerly, well mannered; respectful, deferential, deferent; decorous, proper, formal …

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  • 33courtly — court·ly …

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  • 34courtly — /ˈkɔtli / (say kawtlee) adjective (courtlier, courtliest) 1. polite; elegant; refined. 2. flattering; obsequious. 3. of the court of a sovereign. –adverb 4. in the manner of courts; elegantly; flatteringly. –courtliness, noun …

  • 35courtly love — noun Date: 1702 a late medieval conventionalized code prescribing conduct and emotions of ladies and their lovers …

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  • 36courtly love — куртуазная любовь …

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  • 37Courtly love — Modern term popularised by C. S. Lewis to describe the various kinds of love between man and woman described in the works of troubadours and others between the 11c and the 13c. The range of feeling ran from the dutiful respect owed a lord s wife …

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  • 38courtly love — noun a highly conventionalized medieval tradition of love between a knight and a married noblewoman …

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  • 39courtly love — court′ly love′ n. lit. a highly stylized code of conduct between lovers, often the subject of medieval literature • Etymology: 1895–1900 …

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  • 40courtly love — /kɔtli ˈlʌv/ (say kawtlee luv) noun a medieval concept originating in the courts of southern France, which idealised illicit love, prescribed a highly conventionalised code of conduct for lovers, and gave rise to an extensive literature on the… …