genuflect.
To bend the knee, as in servitude.
Meaning & usage
To bend the knee, as in servitude.
To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.
To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *ǵónu From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“to bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”).
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