curtsey
curtsey
englantiniiaus
Liittyvät sanat: curtsy
Synonyymisanakirja
curtsey
syvä kunnioitus, ele, liike, niiaus, kumartua, niiata.
Rimmaavat sanat
curtsey rimmaa näiden kanssa:
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Englannin sanakirja
curtsey (englanti > suomi)
curtsey englanniksi
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.
I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.
1868, s:Author:Lousia May Alcott|Louisa May Alcott, s:Little_Women/Chapter_19 Little Women
1928, s:Author:D._H._Lawrence D.H. Lawrence, s:Lady_Chatterleys_Lover/Chapter_2|Lady Chatterley's Lover''
To make a curtsey.
The hotels staff variously curtsied, nodded, and bowed to the owner as she passed.''
1841, s:Author:Charles_Dickens Charles Dickens, s:Barnaby_Rudge/Chapter_19 Barnaby Rudge
1861, s:Author:George_Eliot George Eliot, s:Silas_Marner/Chapter_11 Silas Marner
1887, s:Author:Author:H._Rider_Haggard H. Rider Haggard, s:Allan Quatermain/Chapter XVI|Allan Quatermain
1890, James Russell Lowell, http://books.google.com/books?id=DeQNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=curtesys&as_brr=1 Address in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
1903, s:Author:W.E.B._DuBois W.E.B. DuBois, s:The_Souls_of_Black_Folk/VII The Souls of Black Folk
1908, Caroline Crawford, http://books.google.com/books?id=qyUAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30&dq=curtesys&as_brr=1 Folk Dances and Games