This week’s theme
Words with horse-related origins

This week’s words
wheel horse
caballine
horse's mouth
chivalrous
cock-horse

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PRONUNCIATION:

(SHIV-uhl-ruhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Having qualities of chivalry, such as courtesy, honor, bravery, gallantry, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French chevalerie, from chevalier (knight), from Latin caballus (horse). Earliest documented use: 1374.

USAGE:

“Having been ensnared by talk of work as ‘fashion models’ or ‘dancers’, a growing number of such women are rescued by semi-chivalrous male customers, who alert the police.”
A Tragic Crossroads; The Economist (London, UK); Aug 16, 2008.

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