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curtsey

UK /ˈkɜːtsɪ/US /ˈkɝtsɪ/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun1

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

verb1

•
To make a curtsey.
- The hotel's staff never curtsied, nodded, or bowed to the owner as she passed, as they were staunch egalitarians.

forms

curtseyed · curtseying · curtsying · curtseys · curtsies

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