chivalrous
pronunciation
How to pronounce chivalrous in British English:
UK [ˈʃɪvlrəs]
How to pronounce chivalrous in American English:
US [ˈʃɪvəlrəs]
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- Adjective:
- having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal knight
Word Origin
- chivalrous (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Old French chevaleros "knightly, noble, chivalrous," from chevalier (see chevalier; also compare chivalry). According to OED, obsolete in English and French from mid-16c. Not revived in French, but brought back in English late 18c. by romantic writers fond of medieval settings.
Example
- 1. I feel that having it prompts me to be more chivalrous .
- 2. Failure in his quests made don quixote so melancholy that in the end he abandoned chivalrous deeds altogether .
- 3. One doesn 't get much more chivalrous than that .
- 4. My mom was a real chivalrous lady .
- 5. Lu xun makes a study of chivalrous culture mainly from the perspective of ideological revolution , and attaches great importance to the research of national character and its root of illness .