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Definition: CURTESY |
CURTESYNoun1. The life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands. |
Date "CURTESY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
"CURTESY" is a common misspelling or typo for: courtesy, curtsey, curtsy. |
Crosswords: CURTESY |
| English words defined with "CURTESY": Curtesies. (references) |
| "CURTESY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CURTESY" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
curtesy | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CURTESY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Scottish | beic (a curtesy, a curtsey). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ina de mh epi pleion se egkoptw parakalw akousai se hmwn suntomwV th sh epieikeia |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ne diutius autem te protraham oro breviter audias nos pro tua clementia |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But lest Y tarie thee lengere, Y preie thee, schortly here vs for thi mekenesse. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Notwithstondinge that I be not tedeous vnto the I praye the that thou woldest heare vs of thy curtesy a feawe wordes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Notwithstanding, that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee, that thou wouldst of thy clemency hear us a few words. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 24, Verse 4 |
| Albanian | Por, për të mos të shqetësuar më gjatë, të lutem me mirësinë tënde, të na dëgjosh shkurtimisht. |
| Cebuano | Apan aron sa dili na paglangan pa kanimo, mangamuyo ako kanimo sa imong pagkamapuanguron sa pagpatalinghug kanamo sa makadiyut. |
| Croatian | Ali, da ti dulje ne dodijavam, molim te da nas u svojoj blagonaklonosti ukratko poslušaš. |
| Danish | Men for at jeg ikke skal opholde dig for længe, beder jeg, at du efter din Mildhed vil høre os kortelig. |
| Dutch | Maar opdat ik u niet lang ophoude, ik bid u, dat gij ons, naar uw bescheidenheid, kortelijk hoort. |
| Finnish | Mutta etten aivan kauan sinua viivyttäisi, pyydän sinua hetkisen meitä suosiollisesti kuulemaan. |
| French | Mais, pour ne pas te retenir davantage, je te prie d`écouter, dans ta bonté, ce que nous avons dire en peu de mots. |
| German | Auf daß ich aber dich nicht zu lange aufhalte, bitte ich dich, du wolltest uns kürzlich hören nach deiner Gelindigkeit. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi supaya jangan membuang banyak waktu Tuan, saya mohon sudilah Tuan mendengarkan pengaduan kami yang ringkas ini. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi supaya jangan hamba sekalian lagi menjemukan Tuan hamba, maka hamba sekalian mintalah kemurahan Tuan hamba mendengar sedikit perkataan hamba sekalian. |
| Italian | Ma per non trattenerti troppo a lungo, ti prego di darci ascolto brevemente nella tua benevolenza. |
| Latvian | Bet lai pârâk ilgi tevi neaizkavçtu, es lûdzu savâ laipnîbâ îsumâ uzklausît mûs. |
| Maori | Otiia e kore e nui atu taku whakaware i a koe, koia ka inoi atu ki a koe kia pai koe ki te whakarongo mai ki etahi kupu torutoru a matou. |
| Norwegian | Men forat jeg ikke skal hefte dig for lenge, ber jeg dig at du efter din mildhet vil høre på nogen få ord av oss. |
| Portuguese | Mas, para que não te detenha muito rogo-te que, conforme a tua eqüidade, nos ouças por um momento. |
| Rumanian | Dar, ca sq nu te yin prea mult, te rog sq asculyi, kn bunqtatea ta, ckteva cuvinte. |
| Russian | оП, ЮФП'Щ НОПЗП ОЕ ХФТХЦ"БФШ ФЕ'С, ТПЫХ ФЕ'С ЧЩУМХЫБФШ ОБУ ЛТБФЛП, УП УЧПКУФЧЕООЩН ФЕ'Е УОЙУИПЦ"ЕОЙЕН. |
| Shuar | Tura amesha ti Núkap chicham antuktin nakitiatspash. Tuma asamtai antsu ishichik waitneasam anturtukta, Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Pero para no molestarte más largamente, te ruego que nos escuches brevemente, conforme a tu equidad. |
| Swahili | Lakini, bila kupoteza wakati wako zaidi, tunakusihi kwa wema wako, usikilize taarifa yetu fupi. |
| Swedish | Men för att icke alltför länge besvära dig beder jag att du, i din mildhet, ville höra allenast några få ord av oss. |
| Uma | Aga, bona neo' mpokerei mara tempo Gubernur, kusarumaka ahi' ngkai Gubernur mpe'epei-ka-kuwo lolita-ku to rede' toi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "CURTESY" (pronounced 'Cur"te*sy'): Ablepsy, Acatalepsy, Achromatopsy, Adipsy, Aerognosy, Ambassy, Anamorphosy, Antonomasy, Apepsy, Apostasy, Argosy, Astrognosy, Autonomasy, Autopsy, Bousy, Cephalotripsy, Clerisy, Clumsy, Controversy, Dyscrasy, Eclampsy, gassy, Geodesy, Geognosy, Gipsy, Henhussy, Heresy, hypocrisy, idiosyncrasy, Leasy, leprosy, Lithogenesy, Lithotripsy, Madegassy, Metalepsy, minstrelsy, Misy, Mucksy, Necropsy, Nympholepsy, Oryctognosy, Palissy, Paronomasy, Phantasy, pharmacognosy, Photopsy, Pleurisy, Plurisy, Poesy, Posy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: curtsey. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: cruets, cruset, crusty, curets, curtsy, cutesy, cuteys, eructs, rectus, recuts, surety, truces, tuyers. | |
-2 letters: crest, cruet, cruse, crust, cures, curet, curse, curst, cuter, cutes, cutey, ecrus, eruct, recut, rusty, scute, sucre, suety, treys, truce, trues, tuyer, tyers, tyres, yurts. | |
-3 letters: crus, cues, cure, curs, curt, cute, cuts, cyst, ecru, ecus, erst, recs, rest. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-r-s-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: clustery, courtesy, curtseys, security. | |
+2 letters: costumery, curtseyed, supercity. | |
+3 letters: counterspy, curtseying, eucaryotes, eurythmics, excusatory, insecurity, secularity. | |
+4 letters: countryseat, countryside, courteously, courtesying, cysticercus, discourtesy, eurhythmics, persecutory, perspicuity, specularity, subcategory, subliteracy, voyeuristic. | |
+5 letters: countermyths, counterplays, counterploys, counterstyle, countryseats, countrysides, granulocytes, respectfully, subcentrally, subsecretary, sylviculture, translucency, unhysterical, vesicularity. | |
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