knock-kneed

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knock-kneed

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

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adj having knees abnormally close together

Españolzambo, zámbigo
Françaiscagneux
Deutschx-beinig
עבריתבֶּרֶךְ קְלוּבָה berekh kluva

adj suffering from genu valgum

Españolbefo, zambo

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@misc{knock_kneed_2026,
  title = {knock-kneed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knock-kneed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}