page_title: Curtsy
hierarchical_section_title: Curtsy
caption_attribution_description: English: Presenting flowers to The Queen outside Brisbane City Hall in March 1954 A young girl curtsies as she presents a bouquet to Queen Elizabeth II.
context_page_description: A curtsy is a traditional gesture of greeting, in which a girl or woman bends her knees while bowing her head. It is the female equivalent of male bowing or genuflecting in Western cultures. Miss Manners characterizes its knee bend as deriving from a "traditional gesture of an inferior to a superior." The word "curtsy" is a phonological change from "courtesy" known in linguistics as syncope.
context_section_description: A curtsy (also spelled curtsey or incorrectly as courtsey) is a traditional gesture of greeting, in which a girl or woman bends her knees while bowing her head. It is the female equivalent of male bowing or genuflecting in Western cultures. Miss Manners characterizes its knee bend as deriving from a "traditional gesture of an inferior to a superior." The word "curtsy" is a phonological change from "courtesy" known in linguistics as syncope.
caption: A young girl presenting flowers to Queen Elizabeth II outside Brisbane City Hall in March, 1954.
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