geniculate (redirected from geniculately)

ge·nic·u·late  (j-nky-lt) also ge·nic·u·lat·ed (-ltd)

adj.

1. Bent abruptly, as a knee.

2. Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle.

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[Latin genicultus, with bended knee, from geniculum, diminutive of gen, knee; see genu-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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ge·nicu·late·ly adv.

ge·nicu·lation n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

geniculate - bent at a sharp angle biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"