curtsy
noun 1verb 1
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3ADJ.
abortive
VERB + CURTSY
attempt, made
CURTSY + NOUN
evening
Definitions
noun
1
Alternative spelling of curtsey.
A Signora Rossinuola, with the face of a goddess, and the voice of an angel, made her first curtsy that evening to the Neapolitans. She was received with the most rapturous applause.
verb
1
Alternative spelling of curtsey.
He made a salutation, or, to speak nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt at curtsy.
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A Signora Rossinuola, with the face of a goddess, and the voice of an angel, made her first curtsy that evening to the Neapolitans. She was received with the most rapturous applause.
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He made a salutation, or, to speak nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt at curtsy.
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