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curtsey

Noun

(plural curtsies or curtseys)

  1. 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)

  1. 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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  • curtseying
  • courtsey
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  • curtsies
  • curtseyed
  • curtsied
  • curtsy
  • courtesy

    Words near curtsey in the dictionary


    • curtly
    • curtness
    • curtonotid
    • curtonotids
    • curtsey
    • curtseyed
    • curtseying
    • curtseyings
    • curtseys
    • curtsied

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