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• (surname): Curtiss

語源

From Old French corteis and curteis (Modern French courtois (“polite, courteous”). Doublet of courteous.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈkɝtɪs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɜːtɪs/

固有名詞

Curtis

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a refined or courtly person.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     A cold world, Curtis, in every office but thine; and therefore, fire.

   • 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “chapter IV, Happy”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):

     The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness, — it is all abolished; vanished, clean gone; a thing that has been: ‘not of the slightest consequence’ whether we were happy as eupeptic Curtis, as the fattest pig of Epicurus, or unhappy as job with potsherds, as musical Byron with Giaours and sensibilities of the heart […]

   • 1999, Bernie Runstedler, Jr., Breezes Against My Brow, General Store Publishing House., →ISBN, page 77:

     Without undue haste, we named him Curtis simply because we liked the name. It seemed to suit the little guy too. Knowing my love of aviation, several friends and relatives wrongly assumed we have named him after the Curtiss Aircraft Company. I hadn't thought of this, but it was a great idea. There are some terrific aircraft company names to choose. You'll see the likes of Douglas, Martin, Edwards, Ryan, Miles and Albert just to name a few.

   • 2017 February 10, Rosie Gray, “Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 10 January 2020:

     White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.

3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Gilchrist County, Florida.
   2. An unincorporated community in Portage Township, Mackinac County, Michigan.
   3. A township in Alcona County, Michigan.
   4. A minor city in Frontier County, Nebraska.
   5. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington.
4. A municipality in A Coruña province, Galicia, Spain.

関連する語

• Curt
• Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
• Kurt
• Kurtis
• Thornton Curtis

アナグラム

• Citrus, Turcis, citrus, rictus, rustic