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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.