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Meaning of knock-kneed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Having the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart.
  2. Of a person or animal, suffering from genu valgum (or tibia valga).

Equivalents

Deutsch x-beinig
Español befo zámbigo zambo
Suomi pihtipolvinen pihtipolvinen
Français cagneux
Galego trenco zambro
Latina varus varus
Nederlands X-benen
Polski koślawy koślawy
Svenska kobent kobent
Tagalog pakid piki

Examples

“I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab. It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

knock-me-down knockabout knockaround knockdown knockdown-dragout knocked up

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