Genuflect (verb)
jen-oo-fl-ekt
Lower one’s body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect. / Show deference or servility.
Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘bend (the knee’)): from ecclesiastical Latin genuflectere, from Latin genu ‘knee’ + flectere ‘to bend’.
Example sentences
“His bowing and genuflecting reflected his deference.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
