Courtship
['kɔːtʃɪp]
Definition
(noun.) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); 'its was a brief and intense courtship'.
Typist: Vivienne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.
(n.) The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.
(n.) Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.
(n.) Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Wooing.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Bad, bad, will be the fate of the woman who dreams of being courted. She will often think that now he will propose, but often she will be disappointed. Disappointments will follow illusory hopes and fleeting pleasures. For a man to dream of courting, implies that he is not worthy of a companion.
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Examples
- Doesn't she remind you of Mrs. Scott-Siddons when she reads 'Lady Geraldine's Courtship'? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He was in the very first enthusiasm and delight of his second courtship of Amelia, which was inexpressibly sweet to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lead her from the festive boards, Point her to the starry skies, Guard her, by your truthful words, Pure from courtship's flatteries. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And there are many blanks left in the weeks of courtship which a loving faith fills with happy assurance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Lydgate did not mention to the Vicar another reason he had for wishing to shorten the period of courtship. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He never said so much to me, it is true; but he always received me very kindly at his house, and openly countenanced my courtship. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He had no idea of a taste to be pleased, a heart to be reached in courtship. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I might have waited and watched longer that love-scene under the trees, that sylvan courtship. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements have no place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to express them in their language. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He has had a stormy courtship for such a calm character; but you see it all ends in victory for him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The surrounding atmosphere was propitious to this scheme of courtship. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They generally run on the same theme--courtship; and promise to end in the same catastrophe--marriage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We shall never give each other up; and you know that you have always objected to long courtships and late marriages. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Solomon