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/ˈkɝtsɪ/ · noun
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.
Wid. I take my leaue with many thouſand thankes. / Rich. The Match is made, ſhee ſeales it with a Curſie.
[I]t was her favorite amusement to array herself in the faded brocades, and parade up and down before the long mirror, making stately courtesies, and sweeping her train about, with a rustle which delighted her ears.
No caps were touched, no curtseys bobbed.
The hotel's staff never curtsied, nodded, or bowed to the owner as she passed, as they were staunch egalitarians.
1890, James Russell Lowell, Address in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America But DANTE was a great genius, and language curtseys to its natural Kings.
1903, W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk He curtsied low, and then bowed almost to the ground, with an imperturbable gravity that seemed almost suspicious.
1908, Caroline Crawford, Folk Dances and Games The gentleman bows and the lady curtesys (measure eight).
Use curtsey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Curtsey means 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..
Common synonyms include curtsy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.
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