Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COURT'E-OUS
COURT'E-OUS, a. [from court; Fr. courtois; It. cortese; Sp. cortes.]
- Polite; well bred; being of elegant manners; civil; obliging; condescending; applied to persons.
- Polite; civil; graceful; elegant; complaisant; applied to manners, &c.
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