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genuflect

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛn.jʊ.flɛkt/Part of speech verbSorted ceefglntuStarts with GEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • At high Mass the deacon and subdeacon stand on either side, genuflect too, and answer.
  • First you get down on your knees, fiddle with your rosaries, / Bow your head with great respect, and / genuflect, genuflect, genuflect.
  • Certainly, the megalomaniacs who aim to populate municipal fixtures with registered-trademark logos will expect cities to genuflect at every turn.

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