Word Meanings - ASSESSORIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors. Coxe.
Related words: (words related to ASSESSORIAL)
- COURTESAN
A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton. (more info) courtier, It. cortigiano; or directly fr. It. cortigiana, or Sp. - COURT TENNIS
See TENNIS - COURT-CUPBOARD
A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak. - COURTEPY
A short coat of coarse cloth. Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer. - COURTBRED
Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly. - COURTESANSHIP
Harlotry. - ASSESSORIAL
Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors. Coxe. - COURT-MARTIAL
A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law. - COURTLIKE
After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly. - COURTEOUSNESS
The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy. - COURT-BARON
An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse. - COURTELLE
a wool-like fabric. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - COURTEOUSLY
In a courteous manner. - COURTYARD
A court or inclosure attached to a house. - COURTIER
1. One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court. You know I am no courtier, nor versed in state affairs. Bacon. This courtier got a frigate, and that a company. Macualay. 2. One who courts or - COURT-PLASTER
Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin. - COURTER
One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles. Sherwood. - COURTLINESS
The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners. - COURTIERY
The manners of a courtier; courtliness. B. Jonson. - CO-ASSESSOR
A joint assessor. - OUTCOURT
An outer or exterior court. The skirts and outcourts of heaven. South. - UNCOURTLINESS
Absence of courtliness; rudeness; rusticity. Addison. - DISCOURTESY
Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert. - DISCOURTEOUS
Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.