court vs eristic

court

noun
  • Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone 

  • An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings. 

  • A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac. 

  • An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. 

  • Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign. 

  • Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. 

  • one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play 

  • The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace. 

  • The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state. 

  • The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases. 

  • The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. 

  • The session of a judicial assembly. 

  • A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games 

  • The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both. 

  • A housing estate under the House Ownership Scheme. 

verb
  • To risk (a consequence, usually negative). 

  • To attempt to attract. 

  • To attempt to gain alliance with. 

  • To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. 

  • To seek to achieve or win. 

  • To engage in courtship behavior. 

  • To try to win a commitment to marry from. 

  • To engage in behavior leading to mating. 

  • To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections. 

eristic

noun
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

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