knock-kneedadj.

Brit.

/ˌnɒkˈniːd/, U.S.

/ˈnɑkˌnid/,

/ˌnɑkˈnid/

Etymology: < knock-knee n. + -ed suffix².

a. Having the legs bent inwards so that the knees knock together in walking. (The opposite of bandy-legged.)

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having

leglessc1390

bow-legged1552

crook-legged1580

shackle-hammed1592

baker-kneed1611

baker-legged1611

buckle-hammed1629

out-shinned1682

bandy-legged1688

crooked-legged1691

shackled-ham'd1733

badger-legged1738

tailor-legged1768

knock-kneed1774

scissor-legged1880

1774 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1911) 6 41 Charles Blundell, an Englishman,..a very slender made fellow much knock-kneed, with light brown hair very short.

1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 720 Parents, whose children from bad nursing are become knock-kneed.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xli. 92 Those long-limbed, knock-kneed, shambling, bony figures.

1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. vii. 142 The knock-kneed horse.

b. figurative. Halting; feeble.

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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective]

sickc1340

dottlec1390

doting1489

dotish1509

feeble-minded1534

weak-brained1535

silly1568

fondish1579

lean-witted1597

soft1621

weaka1661

touched1697

muzzy-headed1798

defective1825

wanting1839

half-baked1842

dotty1860

knock-kneed1865

lean-minded1867

doddering1871

weak-minded1883

ninepence in the shilling1889

barmy1892

drippy1952

dipshit1968

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > lame

limping1577

lame1609

knock-kneed1865

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 30 It was constitutionally a knock-knee'd mind.

1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. i. 5 So stumbling and knock-kneed is his [sc. Wyatt's] verse.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 4/1 There are no shambling, knock-kneed verses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knock-kneed
释义	knock-kneedadj. Brit. /ˌnɒkˈniːd/, U.S. /ˈnɑkˌnid/, /ˌnɑkˈnid/ Etymology: < knock-knee n. + -ed suffix². a. Having the legs bent inwards so that the knees knock together in walking. (The opposite of bandy-legged.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having leglessc1390 bow-legged1552 crook-legged1580 shackle-hammed1592 baker-kneed1611 baker-legged1611 buckle-hammed1629 out-shinned1682 bandy-legged1688 crooked-legged1691 shackled-ham'd1733 badger-legged1738 tailor-legged1768 knock-kneed1774 scissor-legged1880 1774 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1911) 6 41 Charles Blundell, an Englishman,..a very slender made fellow much knock-kneed, with light brown hair very short. 1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 720 Parents, whose children from bad nursing are become knock-kneed. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xli. 92 Those long-limbed, knock-kneed, shambling, bony figures. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. vii. 142 The knock-kneed horse. b. figurative. Halting; feeble. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] sickc1340 dottlec1390 doting1489 dotish1509 feeble-minded1534 weak-brained1535 silly1568 fondish1579 lean-witted1597 soft1621 weaka1661 touched1697 muzzy-headed1798 defective1825 wanting1839 half-baked1842 dotty1860 knock-kneed1865 lean-minded1867 doddering1871 weak-minded1883 ninepence in the shilling1889 barmy1892 drippy1952 dipshit1968 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > lame limping1577 lame1609 knock-kneed1865 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 30 It was constitutionally a knock-knee'd mind. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. i. 5 So stumbling and knock-kneed is his [sc. Wyatt's] verse. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 4/1 There are no shambling, knock-kneed verses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1774
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