curtsey

Noun

(plural curtsies or curtseys)

A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses one calf of her leg behind the other and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference.
I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present curtsies or curtseys, present participle curtsying or curtseying, simple past and past participle curtsied or curtseyed)

To make a curtsey.
The hotel's staff variously curtsied, nodded, and bowed to the owner as she passed.

Anagrams

curtesy

Origin

Shortened from courtesy.

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