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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.
Origin:
1620–30; < Medieval Latin genūflectere to bend the knee, equivalent to Latin genū-, stem of genu knee + flectere to bend
1620–30; < Medieval Latin genūflectere to bend the knee, equivalent to Latin genū-, stem of genu knee + flectere to bend
Related forms
gen·u·flec·tor, noun
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