word of the day - genuflect
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scottobeargenuflect \JEN-yuh-flekt\, intransitive verb:
1. To bend the knee or touch one knee to the ground, as in worship.
2. To be servilely respectful or obedient; to grovel.
Genuflect is from Late Latin genuflectere, from Latin genu, "knee" + flectere, "to bend."
1. To bend the knee or touch one knee to the ground, as in worship.
2. To be servilely respectful or obedient; to grovel.
Genuflect is from Late Latin genuflectere, from Latin genu, "knee" + flectere, "to bend."
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Date: 2001-06-29 08:08 am (UTC)Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect,
And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!"
-- Tom Lehrer
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Date: 2001-06-29 08:08 am (UTC)