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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

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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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