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GENUFLECT
Definition of GENUFLECT
verb
To bend the knee, as in servitude.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
GENUFLECT carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor or ground, as in worship.
intransitive verb
To be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel.
To bend the knee, as in an act of worship or of respect; perform genuflection.
intransitive verb
To bend the knee, as in worship.
Where it comes from
From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“to bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GENUFLECT · 2 relatives in the game
GENUFLECT in a sentence
“I'm shocked, SHOCKED … dgardner @TonyClement_MP: There are options between "genuflect" and "dismiss with extreme prejudice."”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GENUFLECT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 265 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GENUFLECT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEFGLNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of GENUFLECT. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start GENUFL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GENUFLECT?
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