Noun: curteisie
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like curteisie
syment,
cristened,
savete,
savyne,
sandal,
whelere,
scuage,
scluse,
sclise,
sclave,
schyft,
schuit,
schite,
schort,
schold,
schern,
smothe,
smethe,
smerte,
slutte, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Anglo-Norman curteisie, curtesie; equivalent to curteis + -ie.
2. The rarity of spellings indicating a pronunciation with /s/ (such as curtassy) would seem to indicate that this analogical pronunciation largely postdates Middle English.
Verbs referencing "curteisie"
English Nouns
courtesy, English Nouns
curtsey.
Translations