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genuflect

[ jen-yoo-flekt ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
  2. to express a servile attitude.


genuflect

/ ˈɛʊˌڱɛ /

verb

  1. to act in a servile or deferential manner
  2. RC Church to bend one or both knees as a sign of reverence, esp when passing before the Blessed Sacrament
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳˈڱ𳦳پDz, noun
  • ˈԳˌڱ𳦳ٴǰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • u·ڱtǰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of genuflect1

1620–30; < Medieval Latin ūڱ𳦳ٱ to bend the knee, equivalent to Latin ū-, stem of genu knee + flectere to bend
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of genuflect1

C17: from Medieval Latin ūڱ𳦳ٱ, from Latin genu knee + flectere to bend
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Every press briefing begins and ends with blaming Joe Biden for everything Trump claims is going wrong – while genuflecting at Trump’s knees for making things right again.

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He’s genuflecting and appears penitent, it’s him with no public or private, shipwrecked in place in a way.

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Their private "meetings with no notes" and Trump's embarrassing public genuflecting to the Russian leader over the years had been fully reported.

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Harris has benefited greatly from her overnight installation as the Democratic nominee, which spared her the need to genuflect so conspicuously to the political left.

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He prefers the illusion of power offered by genuflecting yes-men over the hard work involved in gaining real power and exercising it.

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