Word: genuflected
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: ge
nu
flec
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of genuflect; bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
Morphemes:
Affix: genuflect
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: genū
Language: la
Decoded: genu
Meaning: knee
Affix: flectō
Language: la
Decoded: flecto
Meaning: to bend
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.