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curtsy

curtsy is the alternative spelling 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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Forms of curtsy

Noun
pluralcurtsies
Verb
third-person singular presentcurtsies
present participlecurtsying
past participlecurtsied
pastcurtsied

Questions about curtsy

What is curtsy the alternative spelling of?
Curtsy is the alternative spelling of curtsey.

Words near curtsy in the dictionary

  1. curtsier
  2. curtsiers
  3. curtsies
  4. Curtsinger
  5. Curtsingers
  6. curtsy
  7. curtsying
  8. curtsyings
  9. curuba
  10. curubas
  11. curule

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