courteous
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English curteis, from Old French curteis (French courtois), from cort (“court”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɝti.əs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːti.əs/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
[edit]courteous (comparative more courteous, superlative most courteous)
- Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:polite
- Antonyms: discourteous, uncourteous; see also Thesaurus:impolite
- a courteous gentleman a courteous gesture
- 1818, John Keats, “Book III”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 149, lines 932–935:
- Nectar ran / In courteous fountains to all cups outreach'd; / And plunder'd vines, teeming exhaustless, pleach'd / New growth about each shell and pendent lyre; [...]
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[edit]showing regard for others
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