knucklesome
/ˈnʌkəlsəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From knuckle + -some.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more knucklesome (comparative)
most knucklesome (superlative)