Associations to the word «Curtsey»

Wiktionary

CURTSEY, noun. A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses one calf of her leg behind the other and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference.
CURTSEY, verb. To make a curtsey.

Dictionary definition

CURTSEY, noun. Bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women.
CURTSEY, verb. Bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King