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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.

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curtesy

Origin

Shortened from courtesy.

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Kris lifted his chin at Daniela, and the woman offered a curtsey before hurrying back to the Sanctuary.
Gabriel licked the blood from her neck then held her gaze again, "You will now return home and forget everything that happened here." She dropped into a curtsey and left.

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