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   curtsy

   /ˈkəːtsi/

   noun

   • 1. a woman's or girl's formal greeting made by bending the knees with one foot in front of the other: "she bobbed a curtsy to him"

   verb

   • 1. perform a curtsy: "his sisters had curtsied to the vicar"

   Word Origin early 16th century: variant of courtesy. Both forms were used to denote the expression of respect or courtesy by a gesture, especially in phrases such as do courtesy, make courtesy, and from this arose the current use (late 16th century).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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