Definitions
Sought favor, support, or a romantic relationship.
Word origin
From court + -ed.
Used in a sentence
“'I think no one has been more courted than she,' she went on, 'but till quite lately she never cared seriously for anyone. […]'”
“Millamant, for her part, is conscious of her powerful position as a courted woman, noting that “One's cruelty is one's power; and when one parts with one's cruelty, one parts with one's power.””
“And those circles to which a bon mot was the passport, could scarcely fail to be more agreeable than circles, in which, to be the most courted, it is sufficient to be the first-born.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sought romantically”7 letters
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