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单词 genuflect
释义

genuflectv.

/ˈdʒɛnjuːflɛkt/
Etymology: < medieval Latin genūflectĕre, < Latin genū knee + flectĕre to bend.
intransitive. To bend the knee, esp. in worship. †Also transitive.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > other practices > carry out other practices [verb (intransitive)] > kneel, bow, or prostrate oneself
kneel?a1000
fallOE
kneec1000
prostratea1425
genuflect1850
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (intransitive)] > esp. in worship
genuflect1850
genuflex1879
1630 J. Taylor Laugh & be Fat in Wks. ii. 80/1 With hands erected, with knees genuflected.
1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans 235 A feeble old woman, who..genuflects before the Blessed Sacrament.
1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. at Genuflexion The priest repeatedly genuflects at Mass in adoration of the Eucharist, also at the mention of the Incarnation in the Creed, &c.
figurative.1881 A. Austin in Macmillan's Mag. 43 406 The poet before whom Mr. Swinburne..bows and bobs and genuflects an almost countless number of times in the course of the paper on which I am commenting—to wit, M. Victor Hugo.

Derivatives

ˈgenuflecting adj.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > [adjective]
kneeling1587
kneed1637
genuflecting1872
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > [adjective] > of knees: bent, esp. in worship
genuflecting1872
1872 O. W. Holmes Organ-blower in Poems 14 His large obeisance puts to shame The proudest genuflecting dame.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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