Definition of Courtliness

1. Noun. Elegance suggestive of a royal court.

Generic synonyms: Elegance
Derivative terms: Courtly

Definition of Courtliness

1. n. The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.

Definition of Courtliness

1. Noun. The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Courtliness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Courtliness

courthouses
courtier
courtierlike
courtierly
courtiers
courtiery
courting
courtisanerie
courtisaneries
courtless
courtlet
courtlets
courtlier
courtliest
courtlike
courtliness (current term)
courtlinesses
courtling
courtlings
courtly
courtly love
courtroom
courtrooms
courts
courts-baron
courts-leet
courts-martial
courts martial
courts of equity
courts of law

Literary usage of Courtliness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This governor made him Court painter busy, both as artist and diplomatist, for which his courtliness and sweetness of manner particularly fitted him. ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Sir Lancelot of the Lake, Galahad, Bedivere, Merlin, Guinevere, Arthur himself, etc., duly appear; and amidst all the fun and pathos, the courtliness, ..."

3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... of noblemen and gentlemen, by his courtliness and breeding ; of knight«, by his honourable deportment and pregnancy of \vit ; of the rich, ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1880)
"Now ' courtliness' may mean either of two quite different things. ... Without some measure of this courtliness it would have been wholly impossible to do ..."

5. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1880)
"Now ' courtliness' may mean either of two quite different things. ... Without some measure of this courtliness it would have been wholly impossible to do ..."

6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"courtliness or elegance of manners; politeness; civility; ... Courtier-like ; characterized by courtliness. civility; make a courtesy: now said only of ..."

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