disc ours i vet (diskorsiv)

[ The epic is... interlaced with dialogue or discoursive Dryden, E ay on Dram. Poesy. scenes. 3. Conversable; communicative. He found him a complaisant man, very free and dis Life of A. Wood , p. 225. coursive. discourteous (dis-kér'tē-us), a. [OF. des cour to is, F. disc our to is (= Sp. descortés = Pg. descortez = It. discortese, scortese ), He resolved to unhorse the first discourteous knight. Cervantes, Don Quixote (trans.). discourteously (dis-ker'tē-us-li), adv . In a rude or uncivil manner; with incivility. Duke . What, is Signior Veterano fall'n asleep, and at the recitation of such verses! Pet . Has he wrong'd me so discourteously ? I'll be reveng'd, by Phœbus! Marmion , The Antiquary, iv. 1. discourteousne (dis-kêr'tē-us-nes), n. Incivility; discourtesy. Bailey , 1727. discourtesy (dis-kėr'te-si), n.; pl. discourtesies (-siz). [OF. disc our to i sie , F. disc our to i sie (= Sp. descortesía = Pg. descortezia = It. discorte sia , scortesia ), des cour to is , discourteous: see discourteous , and cf. courtesy.] 1. Incivility; rudene of behavior or language; ill manners. Be calm in arguing; for fiercene e makes Errour a fault, and truth discourtesie . G. Herbert, Church Porch. courtship.] Want of respect; discourtesy. Monsieur, we must not so much betray ourselves to dis courtship, as to suffer you to be longer unsaluted. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. disco us (dis'kus), a. [ discoid . dis covenant (dis-kuv'e-nant), v. t. [ dis priv. + covenant .] To di olve covenant with. Craig.