-v. 7. curry favor with, flatter, cajole, coax, wheedle, blandish; fawn upon, toady, pander to, Inf. soft-soap, Inf.honey up; Inf.butter up, Inf.bootlick, Inf.apple-polish, SI. brown-nose.
8. woo, address, pay addresses to, pay suit to, serenade, bill and coo, make love to, Archaic, sue; go with, keep company, go steady with; take out, date, Brit,
walk out with.
9. invite, solicit, attract, draw; ask for, leave the door open to; induce, sway, prompt; provoke, whet, inspire, engender; make, motivate, actuate, generate; cause, lead to, elicit, bring on orabout.
courteous, adj.1. mannerly, well-mannered, polite, civil, respectful, deferential, deferent; decorous, proper, formal, Fr. comme il faut,
ceremonious; tactful, diplomatic, politic; cordial, genial, affable, good-humored, pleasant, sociable; pleasing, winning, charming, ingratiating, complaisant, agreeable, obliging, attentive.
2. well-behaved, well-bred, refined, polished, civilized; genteel, gentle, ladylike, gracious, kind; gentlemanly, gentlemanlike, courtly, gallant, chivalrous, chivalric; urbane, suave, debonair, sophisticated, elegant.
courtesan, n.prostitute, harlot, whore, woman of ill repute, trollop, strumpet, quean; lady of the evening, call girl, Fr. fille de joie,
Cyprian; woman of the profession, member of the oldest profession, Mrs. Warren; paramour, concubine, mistress, kept woman, odalisque, hetaera, white slave, SI. doxy; temptress, siren, seductress, Delilah, Jezebel.
courtesy, n.1. mannerliness, politeness, politesse, civility, good manners, good behavior, courteousness; respect, respectfulness, deference; decorousness, properness, formality, formalness, ceremony, ceremonialism; correctness, tact, diplomacy; cordiality, cordialness, amenity, geniality, affability, amiability, sociability, friendliness, agreeability; helpfulness, complaisance, obligingness, Fr. prevenance.
2. gentility, gentleness, graciousness, kindness, ladylikeness; gentlemanliness, courtliness, gallantry, chivalry; urbanity, suavity, social graces, manners; nicety, elegance, elegancy, refinement, culture, polish, sophistication; social procedures, decorum, propriety, protocol.
3. respects, devoirs, regards; welcome, reception, greeting, salutation.
4. consent, agreement, acquiescence, indulgence; generosity, beneficence, munificence; favor, help.
5. curtsy, bow, genuflection, nod, handshake.
courtier, n.1. attendant, servitor, squire, pursuivant, seneschal, steward, major-domo, chamberlain; liegeman, vassal, subject, cupbearer, train-bearer; henchman, supporter, follower.
2. flatterer, blandisher, wheedler, cajoler; fawner, sycophant, Archaic, pickthank, toady, Inf.bootlicker, SI. brown-noser, Inf.apple polisher, yes man, truckler; parasite, hanger-on.
courtliness, n.1. politeness, politesse, civility, mannerliness, courteousness, courtesy; respect, respectfulness, deference; decorousness, properness, formality, formalness, ceremony, ceremonialism; correctness, tact, diplomacy, savoir-faire; gentlemanliness, gallantry, chivalry; elegance, elegancy, bon ton, refinement, gentility, etiquette, culture, polish, sophistication; social procedures, decorum, propriety, protocol.
2. flattery, blandishment, blarney, wheedling, cajolery; obsequiousness, sycophancy, fawning, toadying, playing up to, SI. buttering-up, Inf.apple-polishing, currying favor.
courtly, adj.1. gentlemanly, gentlemanlike, gallant, chivalrous, chivalric; refined, well-bred, polished, sophisticated, elegant, suave, debonair, urbane; polite, civil, mannerly, well-mannered; respectful, deferential, deferent; decorous, proper, formal, Fr. comme il