chivalrous
English
Etymology
From Middle English from the Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹʌs/
Adjective
chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous)
- (of a man) honourable, especially to women.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “VII and XXI”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:
- It amazed me that I could have allowed myself to be let in for a binge of this description simply because a woman wished it. Too bally chivalrous for our own good, we Woosters, and always have been.
-
- involving chivalry
Translations
of a man: honourable
|
|
involving chivalry
|
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.