chivalrous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈt͡ʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/ (UK, archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.
Meanings
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(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
“I would then never have known what minute, or by whom, I was to be attacked next. But the brutes are more chivalrous than man—they do not stoop to cowardly intrigue.”
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 96: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.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “VII AND XXI”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written, or formally taught, but intuitively understood by all, and invariably acted upon by the loyal and the true.
1859, George Meredith, chapter 5, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
- Involving chivalry.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more chivalrous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most chivalrous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
chivalrously · chivalrousness · superchivalrous · semichivalrous · nonchivalrous
Synonyms
Translations (49)
fi ritarillinen (of a man: honourable) · de ritterlich (involving chivalry) · bg кавалерски (of a man: honourable) · cs rytířský (involving chivalry) · pt cavalheiresco (involving chivalry) · cmn 騎士般的 /骑士般的 (of a man: honourable) · bg рицарски (involving chivalry) · ca cavalleresc (involving chivalry) · ru ры́царский (involving chivalry) · de ritterlich (of a man: honourable) · gd ridireach (involving chivalry) · pt cavalheiresco (of a man: honourable) · eo kavalireca (involving chivalry) · it galante (of a man: honourable) · sv ridderlig (involving chivalry) · sv ädel (of a man: honourable) · it cavalleresco (of a man: honourable) · bg галантен (of a man: honourable) · ca cavallerós (involving chivalry) · hy ասպետական (of a man: honourable) · ca cavalleresc (of a man: honourable) · cs rytířský (of a man: honourable) · fr chevaleresque (of a man: honourable) · sl viteški (of a man: honourable) · ru благоро́дный (of a man: honourable) · cmn 彬彬有禮的 /彬彬有礼的 (of a man: honourable) · ru гала́нтный (involving chivalry) · de ehrlich (of a man: honourable) · ru гала́нтный (of a man: honourable) · es caballeroso (involving chivalry) · fi ritarillinen (involving chivalry) · eo kavalira (of a man: honourable) · gd ridireach (of a man: honourable) · fr chevaleresque (involving chivalry) · ga ridiriúil (of a man: honourable) · ca cavallerós (of a man: honourable) · es caballeroso (of a man: honourable) · hy ասպետական (involving chivalry) · es caballeresco (involving chivalry) · ru ры́царский (of a man: honourable) · sv ädel (involving chivalry) · fr galant (of a man: honourable) · sl viteški (involving chivalry) · sv ridderlig (of a man: honourable) · enm chivalerous (involving chivalry) · fr galant (involving chivalry) · cmn 騎士風範的 /骑士风范的 (involving chivalry) · ga ridiriúil (involving chivalry) · gl cabaleiroso (of a man: honourable)