chivalric
英 ['ʃɪvəlrɪk]
美
- adj. 骑士的；有武士气概的
英英释义
- 1. characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages;
- "chivalric rites"
- "the knightly years"
英文词源
- chivalric (adj.)
- 1797, from chivalry + -ic. Pronounced by poets with accent on the middle syllable, and because they are the only ones who need it, that pronunciation might as well be accepted.