geniculate

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

geniculate (not comparable)

1. Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.

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

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

See also

• lateral geniculate nucleus
• medial geniculate nucleus
• genuflect

Verb

geniculate (third-person singular simple present geniculates, present participle geniculating, simple past and past participle geniculated)

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To form joints or knots on.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Latin

Adjective

geniculāte

1. vocative masculine singular of geniculātus