Associations to the word «Courtly»
Noun
- Hartmann
- Gentleman
- Gentry
- Treatise
- Tradition
- Splendor
- Mockery
- Motif
- Wit
- Literature
- Champagne
- Genre
- Rhetoric
- Cavalier
- Elegy
- Hand
- Crusade
- Sonnet
- Classical
- Adultery
- Ferrara
- Bourgeois
- Humility
- Devotion
- Bow
- Harcourt
- Royalty
- Walther
- Tapestry
- Fashion
- Beatrice
- Gower
- Noble
- Cymru
- Ern
- Greeting
- Attire
- Dame
- Arte
- Stile
- Verse
- Renaissance
- Outburst
- Patron
- Sidney
- Parody
- Duchess
- Burgundy
- Amherst
- Contemporary
- Admiration
- Waller
- Lady
- Gallantry
- Piety
- Shakespeare
- Maya
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
COURTLY, adjective. Suitable for a royal court; refined, dignified.
COURTLY, adjective. Obsequious, flattering.
COURTLY LOVE, noun. A mediaeval European conception of noble and chivalrous love, generally secret and between members of the nobility.
Dictionary definition
COURTLY, adjective. Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman".
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.