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chivalresque, a.|ʃɪvəlˈrɛsk|
Also chev-.
[cf. mod.F. chevaleresque, It. cavalleresco, Cat. caballeresc, Sp. caballeresco; f. chevalier, cavallero, etc.: see chevalier, and -esque.]
Wearing the garb, manners, or spirit of chivalry.
1800Month. Mag. IX. 6 These stories..received first in Armorica their chivaleresque garb. 1816Keatinge Trav. I. 313 The scientific and chevaleresque race of Andalusia and Granada. Ibid. II. 215 The terms of the verdict seem to us somewhat chevalresque. 1817Godwin Mandeville II. 71 (D.) A strange mixture in it of the gallant and the chevaleresque. 1834New Monthly Mag. XLII. 205 His manners were..courteous and chivalresque. |