curtsey
Meaning of curtsey
noun
- 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.
- To make a curtsey.
The hotel's staff variously curtsied, nodded, and bowed to the owner as she passed.
Information about curtsey
- The plural form of curtsey is: curtseys.
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Hyphenation of curtsey
curt-sey
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- curtsey is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
curtsey synonyms
Meaning curtsy:
Anagrams of curtsey
Words that rhyme with curtsey
Betsey, Wiltsey, Chertsey, Surtsey
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