Толковый словарь английского языка - curtsy
Curtsy
curtsy
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 ~
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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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