Definitions for gallantries

gallantries gal·lant·ry

Spelling: [gal-uh n-tree]
IPA: /ˈgæl ən tri/

Gallantries is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 1454 anagrams from letters in gallantries (aaegillnrst).

Definitions for gallantries

noun

  1. dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
  2. gallant or courtly attention to women.
  3. a gallant act, action, or speech.

Origin of gallantries

1600-10; Middle French galanterie, equivalent to Old French galant (see gallant) + -erie -ry

Examples for gallantries

This is not the place to detail the king's gallantries, for they would fill a volume.

What rivalries did your gallantries of this kind occasion me!

In her gallantries she was as unrestrained as in other things.

This is none other than Fiammette herself who uses the convent for her gallantries.

Essex's gallantries at Court, after as before his marriage, were notorious and many.

The people will pardon a hundred gallantries sooner than one want of sympathy.

She was well known for her gallantries and her influence at Court.

They relate the amours and gallantries of the court of Henry the Fourth.

Having had time to reflect, she might be accusing him of gallantries.

The French are a people that can't live without their gallantries.

Word Value for gallantries
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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