GALLANTRY
COMMENDABLY POLITE TEASING ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY of MEN towards WOMEN, PLAYFULLY PRETENDING SEXUAL INTEREST.
Hypernym
- POLITEBe APPROPRIATELY RESPECTFUL IN ACTING TOWARDS OTHERS.
- RESPECTADMIRE as NOBLE AND SERVE POLITELY.
- ADMIREAPPRECIATE AND DELIGHT in what one BELIEVES is MORE GOOD IN-RELATION-TO either ONESELF OR IN-RELATION-TO what is COMMON.
- APPRECIATEBELIEVE INTENSELY that something is EXCELLENT, GOOD AND IMPORTANT. ...
- ADMIREAPPRECIATE AND DELIGHT in what one BELIEVES is MORE GOOD IN-RELATION-TO either ONESELF OR IN-RELATION-TO what is COMMON.
- RESPECTADMIRE as NOBLE AND SERVE POLITELY.
See also
- EROTICTEMPTING ONE TO THINK OF WHAT IS SEXY.
Modern Chinese Criteria
殷勤
獻殷勤
拍馬屁
灌米湯
吹喇叭
抬轎子
吹吹拍拍
戴高帽子
阿諛逢迎
阿諛奉承
阿其所好
投其所好
依阿取容
偷合苟容
先意承旨
曲意逢迎
脅肩諂笑
吮癰舐痔
溜須拍馬
Old Chinese Contrasts
- Galanterie francaise ( HABIB 2006) p.
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