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curtsies

curtsies is the plural of curtsey.

curtsies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of curtsey.

Meaning of curtsey

Noun

curtsey (plural curtsies or curtseys)

  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.

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Questions about curtsies

What is curtsies the plural of?
Curtsies is the plural of curtsey.

Words near curtsies in the dictionary

  1. curtseyings
  2. curtseys
  3. curtsied
  4. curtsier
  5. curtsiers
  6. curtsies
  7. Curtsinger
  8. Curtsingers
  9. curtsy
  10. curtsying
  11. curtsyings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curtsies (page history and authors); curtsey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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