Meanings
nouncourtesying (plural courtesyings)
plural courtesyings
- gerundgerund of courtesy: an act of curtseying.
[T]here were ſtrange Simperings, and Bowing, and Courteſying, between them; the honeſt Gentleman ſeeming not to know how to let his Miſtreſs wait upon him, while ſhe behaved with as much Reſpect and Officiouſneſs, as if ſhe could not do too much for him.
1742, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLI”, in Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], 3rd edition, volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; and sold by J. Osborn, […]; and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 277
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of courtesy
Origin
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