galanteria

The girls were elected chiefly out of the _galanteria_ of certain of the boy aristocrats, who had very little conception of what a self-governing society means, but who wished to pay their fair innamoratas a compliment.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

Gli habitanti sono huomini grandi, ben proportionati, ma alquanto berrettini, e si dipingono la faccia, e tutto il corpo con diuersi colori per galanteria.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584

_cuartels_ or the fire stations, without encountering insult in the form of _galanteria_; and the electric street-car line, suspected at first, has gained the confidence of nearly all.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee