courtingn.

Etymology: < court v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourting.

The action of court v.

†1. Residence at or frequenting of the court; the practice of a courtier. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > [noun] > court

courtingc1530

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier > office or practice of

courtingc1530

courtiership1561

courtship1641

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Jiv ^v All courtynge I defye More clennes is kept, within some hogges sty.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. N.ii^v To finde oute somwhat to saie for one nyghte of Courting.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 784 For he is practiz'd well in policie, And thereto doth his Courting most applie.

2. The paying of courteous attention, in order to win favour or love; paying of addresses, wooing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun]

wooingc1000

wouhlechec1230

wouhlechunga1250

love work?a1300

love-druryc1300

love playc1390

suitc1475

lovemakinga1500

loveshipc1500

suiting1568

courtship1600

courting1607

suitoringa1640

amouring1675

sparking1804

sprunting1823

lovering1848

twosing1940

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectful attention

observancec1425

court1590

courtship1597

attendancya1600

observancy1601

observation1605

courting1607

assiduity1641

observantness1727

peculiarity1747

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage

wooingc1000

wouhlechec1230

wouhlechunga1250

suitc1475

suiting1568

courtship1600

courting1607

suitoringa1640

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun]

fawninga1350

adulationc1400

papelardya1425

papelardrya1500

captation1523

clawing1548

insinuation1553

curry-favour1581

man-pleasing1588

courting1607

men-pleasing1615

supparasitation1620

sycophantizing1640

assiduity1641

ingratiating1642

licking1648

man-pleasance1656

sycophancy1657

fawnery1661

sycophantrya1677

nutting1789

tuft-hunting1789

cultivation1793

huggery1804

ingratiation1815

sycophantism1821

lickspittling1839

toadyship1839

toadyism1840

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

arse-licking1912

lickspittle1914

apple-polishing1926

pot-licking1929

brown-nosing1934

ass-kissing1936

arse-kissing1937

ass-licking1946

sucking-up1946

bum-sucking1949

love bomb1975

love-bombing1976

1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange in T. Heywood Wks. (1874) II. 18 A plague on this courting.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. iv. 259 A gainfull courting of so pleasing a mistresse.

1655 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 350 There is danger by too much courting of enemyes to loose frinds.

1908 Daily Chron. 2 June 1/2 As courting is a necessity with them [sc. young people], I am determined they shall have opportunities for this innocent amusement.

Compounds

attributive.

ΚΠ

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xvii. 259 It is a drinking day, or a Courting day, and no day of Turnament?

1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 113 Vows of constancy and adoration engage some of our courting hours.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. xxx. 243 I often and familiarly heard..the Winnebago courting flute.

1855 Knickerbocker 46 217 Observe how naturally the ‘courtin’-room and its accessories are described.

1887 Harper's Mag. Feb. 354/1 I have read that the gallants train their little horses to prance and curvet and rear and fidget about, and that these are called ‘courtin' horses’, and are used when a young man goes courting, to impress his mistress with his manly horsemanship.

1904 Good Words Apr. 244/1 ‘The Winnebago courting flute’, says an old writer, ‘is made of the bone of a turkey's leg, and is pierced with sundry holes, giving a mellifluous tone’.

1911 J. A. Thomson Biol. Seasons ii. 220 Anything that might be interpreted as love-play or courting-play.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

courtingadj.

Etymology: formed as court v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourting.

That courts, or pays court.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > paying respectful attention

courting1580

observant1594

assiduous1725

the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [adjective] > wooing or courting

wooinga1382

courting1580

lovemaking?1615

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective]

fikingc1230

papelarda1500

gnathonical1540

clawing1574

pickthank1575

slavering1575

claw-back1577

courting1580

fawning1585

adulatory1587

insinuating1592

insinuative1592

scraping1599

adulatorious1612

men-pleasing1615

pickthanking1621

sycophantical1632

gnathonic1637

insinuanta1639

sycophantizing1640

ingratiating1642

led1672

sycophanting1674

sycophantly1680

sycophanta1684

sycophantica1698

pickthankly1702

assiduous1725

foot-licking1786

tuft-hunting1789

sycophantish1821

favour-currying1831

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

creepy-crawly1890

slauming1904

toadyish1909

ass-licking1940

ass-kissing1942

brown-nosing1946

arse-licking1950

sucky1991

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [adjective] > relating to courting or wooing > courting or wooing

wooinga1382

courting1784

1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers ii. sig. T^v Thou knowest among the courting crew, How little fayth is forced.

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 202 The courting masker louteth lowe.

1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 118 What are the joys of courting lovers to connubial happiness!

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 503 Did he not pass night after night by loving courting couples to see..how much he could see?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	courting
释义	courtingn. Etymology: < court v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourting. The action of court v. †1. Residence at or frequenting of the court; the practice of a courtier. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > [noun] > court courtingc1530 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier > office or practice of courtingc1530 courtiership1561 courtship1641 c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Jiv ^v All courtynge I defye More clennes is kept, within some hogges sty. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. N.ii^v To finde oute somwhat to saie for one nyghte of Courting. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 784 For he is practiz'd well in policie, And thereto doth his Courting most applie. 2. The paying of courteous attention, in order to win favour or love; paying of addresses, wooing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] wooingc1000 wouhlechec1230 wouhlechunga1250 love work?a1300 love-druryc1300 love playc1390 suitc1475 lovemakinga1500 loveshipc1500 suiting1568 courtship1600 courting1607 suitoringa1640 amouring1675 sparking1804 sprunting1823 lovering1848 twosing1940 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectful attention observancec1425 court1590 courtship1597 attendancya1600 observancy1601 observation1605 courting1607 assiduity1641 observantness1727 peculiarity1747 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage wooingc1000 wouhlechec1230 wouhlechunga1250 suitc1475 suiting1568 courtship1600 courting1607 suitoringa1640 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] fawninga1350 adulationc1400 papelardya1425 papelardrya1500 captation1523 clawing1548 insinuation1553 curry-favour1581 man-pleasing1588 courting1607 men-pleasing1615 supparasitation1620 sycophantizing1640 assiduity1641 ingratiating1642 licking1648 man-pleasance1656 sycophancy1657 fawnery1661 sycophantrya1677 nutting1789 tuft-hunting1789 cultivation1793 huggery1804 ingratiation1815 sycophantism1821 lickspittling1839 toadyship1839 toadyism1840 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 arse-licking1912 lickspittle1914 apple-polishing1926 pot-licking1929 brown-nosing1934 ass-kissing1936 arse-kissing1937 ass-licking1946 sucking-up1946 bum-sucking1949 love bomb1975 love-bombing1976 1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange in T. Heywood Wks. (1874) II. 18 A plague on this courting. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. iv. 259 A gainfull courting of so pleasing a mistresse. 1655 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 350 There is danger by too much courting of enemyes to loose frinds. 1908 Daily Chron. 2 June 1/2 As courting is a necessity with them [sc. young people], I am determined they shall have opportunities for this innocent amusement. Compounds attributive. ΚΠ 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xvii. 259 It is a drinking day, or a Courting day, and no day of Turnament? 1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 113 Vows of constancy and adoration engage some of our courting hours. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. xxx. 243 I often and familiarly heard..the Winnebago courting flute. 1855 Knickerbocker 46 217 Observe how naturally the ‘courtin’-room and its accessories are described. 1887 Harper's Mag. Feb. 354/1 I have read that the gallants train their little horses to prance and curvet and rear and fidget about, and that these are called ‘courtin' horses’, and are used when a young man goes courting, to impress his mistress with his manly horsemanship. 1904 Good Words Apr. 244/1 ‘The Winnebago courting flute’, says an old writer, ‘is made of the bone of a turkey's leg, and is pierced with sundry holes, giving a mellifluous tone’. 1911 J. A. Thomson Biol. Seasons ii. 220 Anything that might be interpreted as love-play or courting-play. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). courtingadj. Etymology: formed as court v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourting. That courts, or pays court. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > paying respectful attention courting1580 observant1594 assiduous1725 the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [adjective] > wooing or courting wooinga1382 courting1580 lovemaking?1615 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [adjective] > relating to courting or wooing > courting or wooing wooinga1382 courting1784 1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers ii. sig. T^v Thou knowest among the courting crew, How little fayth is forced. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 202 The courting masker louteth lowe. 1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 118 What are the joys of courting lovers to connubial happiness! 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 503 Did he not pass night after night by loving courting couples to see..how much he could see? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1530adj.1580
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