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单词 genuflex
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genuflexv.

/dʒɛnjuːˈflɛks/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin genuflex-, genuflectere.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin genuflex-, past participial stem of genuflectere genuflect v.
rare.
= genuflect v.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (intransitive)] > esp. in worship
genuflect1850
genuflex1879
1879 Daily News 22 Mar. 5/7 The donna seconda, a strapping young woman, who genuflexed, slowly rotated, and waved her arms about..as she sang.

Derivatives

genuˈflexed adj.
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1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Genuflexed, bent at the knee, bent like a knee, bent at a joint.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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