courtship
nounEtymology
From court (“demonstration of such respect as is traditionally given at court; attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favour; politeness of manner; civility towards someone”) + -ship (suffix forming nouns indicating a property or state of being).
Definitions
The act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is…
The act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is traditionally given at a court (“a formal assembly of a sovereign's retinue”).
- Our ſelfe and Buſhie, / Obſerued his courtſhip to the common people, / How he did ſeeme to diue into their harts, / With humble and familiar courteſie, / What reuerence he did throw away on ſlaues, [...]
Elegance or propriety of manners fitting for a court
Elegance or propriety of manners fitting for a court; courtliness; (by extension) courteous or polite behaviour; courtesy.
- King. How Madame? Ruſsians? / Quee[n]. I [i.e., ay] in trueth My Lord. / Trim gallants, full of Courtſhip and of ſtate.
The pursuit of being a courtier, such as exercising diplomacy, finesse, etc.
The pursuit of being a courtier, such as exercising diplomacy, finesse, etc.; also, the artifices and intrigues of a court; courtcraft.
The neighborhood
- synonymcourtship
- synonymdating
- synonymloveship
- synonymsuit
- synonymwooing
- neighborcourt
- neighborcourting
- neighborcourtliness
- neighborcourtly
- neighborbillet-doux
- neighborlove letter
- neighborserenade
- neighboraroused
- neighbordate
- neighborflirt
- neighborsexy
- neighborwoo
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at courtship. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at courtship. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at courtship
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA