[f. as prec. + -NESS.] Chivalrous quality or character.
1818. J. H. Hunt, trans. Tasso’s Jerus. Del., II. Notes, 432. One which was strictly of a piece with the chivalrousness of his character.
1845. Morning Post, 7 Jan., 2/3. Exclaimed in a fine burst of artistic chivalrousness.
1863. Thornbury, True as Steel, III. 127. There was a certain revelling chivalrousness still left in this man.
