curteis

• cortayse, corteis, courtays, courteis, courteys, curtais, curtays, curtayse, curtes, curteise, curteys, curtois

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman curteis and continental Old French corteis, cortois; compare court.

• IPA^(key): /kurˈtæi̯s/, /ˈkurtis/

curteis

1. Appropriate for a court; cultured, elegant, refined.
2. Courteous, charitable, kind.
3. Showing due deference; respectful, humble.

• curteisie
• curteisly

• English: courteous (remodelled after -ous)
  • → Scots: courteous

• “cǒurteis, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

curteis m (oblique and nominative feminine singular curteise)

1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of corteis