English Dictionary

courtship

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɔːt.ʃɪp/

名詞

可算名詞 廃用 不可算名詞 広義 比喩的用法

(obsolete) The ceremonial performance of acts of courtesy to a dignitary, etc.

日本語の意味

（時代遅れの意味）高貴な人や著名な人物に対して、形式的・儀礼的な敬意を示すために行われる作法や儀式的な行為

Upon the monarch's arrival, the officials arranged a formal courtship, with attendants presenting bows and formal salutations.

君主が到着すると、役人たちは拝礼や正式な挨拶を伴う謁見の儀を整えた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) The ceremonial performance of acts of courtesy to a dignitary, etc.

Our ſelfe and Buſhie, / Obſerued his courtſhip to the common people, / How he did ſeeme to diue into their harts, / With humble and familiar courteſie, / What reuerence he did throw away on ſlaues, …

意味（2）

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.

More validitie, / More honourable ſtate, more courtſhip liues / In carrion flyes, than Romeo: they may ſeaze / On the white wonder of faire Iuliets skinne, / And ſteale immortall kiſſes from her lips; / But Romeo may not, he is baniſhed.

意味（3）

(by extension) The behaviour exhibited by an animal to attract a mate.

Theſe bellowing exploſions [of the bittern] are chiefly heard from the beginning of ſpring to the end of autumn; and, however awful they may ſeem to us, are the calls to courtſhip, or of connubial felicity.

意味（4）

(figuratively) The act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone.

His head grows fevered, and his pulse / The quick successive throbs convulse; / In vain from side to side he throws / His form, in courtship of repose; …

意味（5）

(countable, uncountable, obsolete) Elegance or propriety of manners fitting for a court; courtliness; (by extension) courteous or polite behaviour; courtesy.

King. How Madame? Ruſsians? / Quee[n]. I [i.e., ay] in trueth My Lord. / Trim gallants, full of Courtſhip and of ſtate.

意味（6）

(uncountable, obsolete) The pursuit of being a courtier, such as exercising diplomacy, finesse, etc.; also, the artifices and intrigues of a court; courtcraft.

The Frenchman (not altered from his owne nature) is wholly compact of deceivable courtship, and (for the most part) loues none but himselfe and his pleasure: yet though he be the most Grand Signeur of them all, he will say, A vostre service et commandemente monsieur [at your service and command, monsieur], to the meanest vassaile he meetes.

courtships （ plural ）