Geniculate Definition

jə-nĭkyə-lĭt
adjective
Having a kneelike joint.
Webster's New World
Bent sharply.
Webster's New World
Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle.
American Heritage Medicine
verb
(obsolete, rare) To form joints or knots on.
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Origin of Geniculate

  • Latin geniculātus with bended knee from geniculum diminutive of genū knee genu-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin geniculatus (“with bended knee”), from geniculum, diminutive of genu (“knee”). See the Indo-European root genu-.

    From Wiktionary

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