courted
courted adjective: romantically pursued; wooed. Also the simple past and past participle of court.
Adjective
courted (comparative more courted, superlative most courted)
- Romantically pursued; wooed.
- How little does the situation of a courted, fashionable girl, surrounded by her admirers, and thus at liberty to give herself every impertinent air, which a vain mind,and a selfish, unfeeling heart dictate, resemble that of the unobserved, disregarded being, who night after night, follows some...1857, Caroline Lucy Scott, Charlotte Susan M. Bury, A Marriage in High Life, page 122
- 'I think no one has been more courted than she,' she went on, 'but till quite lately she never cared seriously for anyone. […]'1869, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
- Enticed by attractions from those who wish one's favor or attention.
- And those circles to which a bon mot was the passport, could scarcely fail to be more agreeable than circles, in which, to be the most courted, it is sufficient to be the first-born.1831 January, “A Comparative View of the Social Life of England and France, from the Restoration of Charles the Second to the French Revolution”, in The Edinburgh Review, volume 52, page 376
- At all events, their having discovered the fact was by no means to his advantage; for as my good will was of more value in the family than his, from the circumstances in which I stood in regard to the Duke, my favour was of course more courted, and it often happened that it was courted at his...1834, George Payne R. James, The Little Ball O'Fire, or John Marston Hall, page 141
- Encouraged; sought-after.
- Now, disobedience is a self-disseverment from this mystical body—a self-subjection to the ban of the ever-blessed God—a virtual excommunication of our own spirits—a courted anathema— a forfeiture of all privileges and all graces imparted either by union with Christ or by fellowship with our brother...1833, Johnson Grant, A course of sermons for the year - Volume 1, page 346
- You can have little idea how far people were carried by such ecclesiastical differences at one time—especially so in remote districts, where quarrels of the sort became a courted diversion from the sluggish monotony of uneventful lives.1877, Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby, Rock-bound: a Story of the Shetland Isles, page 29
Also used as
courted is also the simple past and past participle of court.
Examples of courted in a sentence
- Millamant, for her part, is conscious of her powerful position as a courted woman, noting that “One's cruelty is one's power; and when one parts with one's cruelty, one parts with one's power.”2021, Edward Behrend-Martínez, A Cultural History of Marriage in the Age of Enlightenment, page 20:
- He found himself ever a welcome and a courted guest, and happiness, so long a stranger from his breast, now faded not again.1858, Grace Aguilar, The Mother's Recompense, page 473:
- The fame of Nero's five years rests mainly on the favour it obtained from a courted and therefore an indulgent senate.1865, Charles Merivale, A History of the Romans Under the Empire- Volume 6, page 290:
Forms of courted
| comparative | more courted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most courted |
Origin of courted
From court + -ed.
Words formed from courted
Questions about courted
- What does courted mean?
- Courted means romantically pursued; wooed.
- How do you use courted in a sentence?
- Millamant, for her part, is conscious of her powerful position as a courted woman, noting that “One's cruelty is one's power; and when one parts with one's cruelty, one parts with one's power.”
- What part of speech is courted?
- Courted is an adjective.
Words near courted in the dictionary
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