/
ˈdʒɛnjʊflɛkt/
v.
lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground in worship or as a sign of respect.
Derivative
- genuflection
(also genuflexion)
n.
- genuflector n.
Etymology
C17 (earlier (ME) as genuflection): from eccles. L. genuflectere, from L. genu ‘knee’ + flectere ‘to bend’.
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