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Curtsy
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also curtsey (curtsies, curtsying, curtsied) If a woman or a girl curtsies, she lowers her body briefly, bending her knees and sometimes holding her skirt with both hands, as a way of showing respect for an important person. We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen... Ingrid shook the Duchess’s hand and curtsied. VERB: V to n, V • Curtsy is also a noun. She gave a curtsy. N-COUNT
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I. noun also curtsey (plural curtsies; also curtseys) Date: 1533 an act of civility, respect, or reverence made mainly by women and consisting of a slight lowering of the body with bending of the knees II. intransitive verb also curtsey (curtsied; also curtseyed; ~ing; also curtseying) Etymology: alteration of courtesy Date: circa 1553 to make a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. (also curtsey) --n. (pl. -ies or -eys) a woman's or girl's formal greeting or salutation made by bending the knees and lowering the body. --v.intr. (-ies, -ied or -eys, -eyed) make a curtsy. Etymology: var. of COURTESY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. реверанс, приседание to make a curtsy —- сделать реверанс to make one's curtsy to the queen —- быть представленной ко двору 2. делать реверанс, приседать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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curtsey ~ n a sign of respect that a woman makes to a more important person by bending her knees with one foot behind the other - curtsy v (- compare bow2 (1)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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