English Explanatory Dictionary

genuflection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of genuflecting.

Word forms

genuflection genuflections genuflexion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genuflexio, though with standardized spelling. By surface analysis, genuflect (“to bend the knee”) + -ion (Latinate abstract-noun suffix).

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