Associations to the word «Genuflect»

Wiktionary

GENUFLECT, verb. (intransitive) To bend the knee, as in servitude or worship
GENUFLECT, verb. (intransitive) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.

Dictionary definition

GENUFLECT, verb. Bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image.
GENUFLECT, verb. Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras