genuflect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To bend the knee, as in servitude.
To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.
To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.jʊ.flɛkt/ en-us-genuflect.ogg en-au-genuflect.ogg

genuflect genuflects genuflecting genuflected

PIE word *ǵónu From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“to bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”).

genuflection genuflector

genuflective

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