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genuflect
gen·u·flect
[
jénnyə flèkt
]
(
past and past participle
gen·u·flect·ed
,
present participle
gen·u·flect·ing
,
3rd person present singular
gen·u·flects
)
intransitive verb
Definition:
1.
kneel:
to bend the right knee to the floor and rise again as a gesture of religious respect, especially in a Roman Catholic or Anglican church
2.
show excessive respect:
to show undeserved or unnecessarily deferential respect for somebody or something
[
Mid-19th century. < ecclesiastical Latin
genuflectere
"bend the knee" < Latin
genu
"knee" +
flectere
"bend"
]
gen·u·flec·tion
[
jènnyə fléksh'n
]
noun
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gen·u·flec·tion [ jènnyə fléksh'n ] noun
