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单词 court-like
释义

court-likeadj.

Forms: Also courtlike.
Etymology: formed as court n.1 + -like suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourtlike.
a. After the style or manner of the Court; courtly, elegant, polite.
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the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective]
polisheda1382
dainteousc1386
polite?a1500
delicatea1533
courtly1535
civil1551
court-like1552
well-refined1575
nice1588
perpolite1592
politic1596
soft1599
terse1628
refine1646
refined1650
elegant1652
genteel1678
chastea1797
spirituala1806
aesthetic1844
nicey1859
raffiné1865
nuttish1869
too-tooa1884
sophisticated1895
lavender1928
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > courtly
courtlyc1450
curial1478
court-like1552
courtierly1880
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum
1576 A. Fleming tr. Heraclitus in Panoplie Epist. 215 Abandoning all courtlike statelynesse.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1308/1 Of all the bishops in the land he was accounted the courtlikest and the best courtier.
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 28 I think that our English tongue is..as courtlike as the French.
1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune i. i. 3 Very Court-like, civil, quaint, and new.
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. ii. i. 164 Her wit was keen and court-like.
1866 Daily Tel. 3 Feb. 5/4 In the words of a fashionable and courtlike journal.
b. Resembling a court; see court n.1 2.
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a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §314 326 This ancient court-like house..is seated near a navigable river.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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