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Geniculate

//dʒɪˈnɪk.jʊl.ɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee. not-comparable

    "a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal"

  2. 2
    Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Relating to a geniculate nucleus. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    bent at a sharp angle wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To form joints or knots on. obsolete, rare, transitive

    "a ferulaceous caul, of two Cubits heighth, geniculated, and hard"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

From Latin geniculātus (more at etymology 1), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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