courtsey

English

Noun

courtsey (plural courtseys)

1. Archaic spelling of curtsey.
   • 1888, Mary J. Holmes, Bessie's Fortune‎^[1]:

     Addio!" and with a mocking courtsey she left the room, and going to her chamber wrote to Bessie that she was coming home immediately.

   • 1874, Edward Bannerman Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character‎^[2]:

     Lady Elizabeth as usual passed by without a contribution, but made a formal courtsey to the elder at the plate, and sailed up the aisle.

   • 1856, Susan Warner, Hills of the Shatemuc‎^[3]:

     Clam jumped up, and crossing her hands on her breast dropped a brisk little courtsey to her benefactor.

Anagrams

• cosurety, courtesy