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kneeful en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From knee + -ful.

Meanings

  1. Enough to cover of fill a knee.
    • But I still had a kneeful of saddle. 1969, Reginald Ottley, Brumbie Dust: A Selection of Stories, page 99:
    • He never touched the Molloys, but Penny got a kneeful of black gravel once. 2015, Aoife Walsh, Too Close to Home:
    • Its middle log had never been properly spiked down or tied with baling wire, so I always got a kneeful of water when I stepped on it. 1988, Cully Gage, A Love Affair With the U.P., page 25:
  2. A blow with the knee.
    • Get off or I'll let you have a kneeful right where you live. 2011, Helen Hodgman, Jack and Jill, page 64:

Forms

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kneefuls Number=Plur lexicographic

kneeful en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From knee + -ful, from the posture of kneeling in order to pray.

Meanings

  1. Prayerful.
    • It's the thing to do after a thoughtful kneeful study of the case as put by John. 2012, S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon, Quiet Talks on John's Gospel:

Forms

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more kneeful Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most kneeful Degree=Sup lexicographic