knucklesome

adj
/ˈnʌkəlsəm/

Etymology

From knuckle + -some.

  1. derived from *knukilaz
  2. derived from *knukil
  3. inherited from cnucel
  4. inherited from knokel
  5. suffixed as knucklesome — “knuckle + some

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by knuckle(s)

    Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly.

    • He was wearing his high school ring, a Florida ring, an ugly garnet stone with a turd shape engraved on it—a manatee, the high school mascot— which caused Kiwi to look down at his own naked, knucklesome fingers in alarm.
    • It was in my early non-league days at Hayes, Wycombe Wanderers and Hendon where I learned my more knucklesome trade.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA