Definitions
bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
Word origin
Variant of courtesy (1525) (from court + -esy), from Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Formal knee bend”7 letters
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