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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin