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geniculate

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10
Pronunciation
/dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊl.ɪt/
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/dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊl.ɪt/ · /dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊ.leɪt/ · /d͡ʒəˈnɪk.jəl.ɪt/ · /d͡ʒəˈnɪk.jəˌleɪt/

Definition of geniculate

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
    “a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
    “a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal”
  2. (not-comparable)Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle.
  3. (not-comparable)Relating to a geniculate nucleus.

verb

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive)To form joints or knots on.
    “a ferulaceous caul, of two Cubits heighth, geniculated, and hard”

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Etymology

PIE word *ǵónu Learned borrowing from Latin geniculātus (“with bended knee”), from geniculum (“little knee”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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