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語源

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman curteis and continental Old French corteis, cortois; compare court.

発音

• IPA: /kurˈtæi̯s/, /ˈkurtis/

形容詞

curteis

1. Appropriate for a court; cultured, elegant, refined.
2. Courteous, charitable, kind.
3. Showing due deference; respectful, humble.

関連する語

• curteisie
• curteisly

派生した語

• English: courteous (remodelled after -ous)
  • → Scots: courteous
• Middle Scots: courtas, courtes, curtas

参照

• “cǒurteis, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.