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".
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