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.

ΘΚΠ

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).

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. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.1630
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