Associations to the word «Courtliness»

Wiktionary

COURTLINESS, noun. The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners.

Dictionary definition

COURTLINESS, noun. Elegance suggestive of a royal court.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats