Curtsey

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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