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Curtsey

//ˈkɝtsɪ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a curtsey.

    "The hotel's staff never curtsied, nodded, or bowed to the owner as she passed, as they were staunch egalitarians."

  2. 2
    bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Shortened from courtesy, 16th c.

Etymology 2

Shortened from courtesy, 16th c.

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