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单词 knightlike
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knightlikeadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈnʌɪtlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌlaɪk/
Etymology: See -like suffix.
A. adj.
Like or befitting a knight; knightly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > chivalry > [adjective]
chivalrousc1374
knightlikec1425
chivalric1797
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. viii. 20 In Tornementis, and Justyngis, And mony oþir Knychtlyk Thyngis.
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 327 Agreeable to the last rule, which was the better and more Knightlike.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 202 That great and puissant Knight (in whose victorious dayes Those knight-like deeds were done).
1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) iv. 101 He knightlike in his cap instead of casque,..assumed the Prince.
B. adv.
= knightly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > chivalry > [adverb]
knightlike1487
chivalrously1489
knightfully1845
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 53 Thai mantemyt that gret melle So knychtlik apon athir syde.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 353 Rycht knychtlik he thaim kend, In that Iornay othir to wyn or end.
1616 W. Drummond Poems (rev. ed.) sig. P3 If hee die, hee Knight-like dies in Blood.
1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. xviii. 151 Yet might a knight his fortune hear, If, knight-like, he despises fear.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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