| 释义 |
gallantness Now rare.|ˈgæləntnɪs|
[f. gallant a. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being gallant, in various senses.
c1450in Rel. Ant. I. 75 Sum pepyl that levyn now on dayes, Ar mekyl set on galantnesse. 1555Eden Decades 209 margin, Their galantnes in the warres. 1575Turberv. Faulconrie 151 His gadding moode and gallantnesse of minde. 1608–11Bp. Hall Epist. vi. vi, In gallantnesse of spirit without haughtinesse. a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. xix. (1640) 192 Any gallantnesse of attire or houseroome. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. ix. 432 That bravery and gallantness..is nothing else but the swelling of their own unbounded pride and vain-glory. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Gallantry, or Gallantness, courteous Behaviour, Genteelness..; Courtship; also Bravery, remarkable courage. 1721–92Bailey, Gallantness, Intrigue or Amour. |