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Word entry · 9 letters

courteous

Best crossword clue

"Civil and kind"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɜːti.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceoorstuuStarts with CEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2O3U4R5T6E7O8U9S

Definitions

  1. characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners

Word origin

From Middle English curteis, from Old French curteis (French courtois), from cort (“court”). By surface analysis, court + -eous.

Used in a sentence

  • a courteous gentleman a courteous gesture
  • Nectar ran / In courteous fountains to all cups outreach'd; / And plunder'd vines, teeming exhaustless, pleach'd / New growth about each shell and pendent lyre; [...]

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