courtesyingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

courtesying (複数形 courtesyings)

1. gerund of courtesy: an act of curtseying.
   • 1742, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLI”, in Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volume IV, 3rd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; and sold by J. Osborn, […]; and J[ohn] Rivington, […], OCLC 838394169, page 277:

     [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.