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kneebound

kneebound adjective: on one's knees in an act of worship.

Adjective

kneebound (not comparable)

  1. on one's knees in an act of worship
    • Of course they would come. Of course they would get kneebound. People enjoy an honest-to-God prayer meeting in good times and bad.2009, Stephen King, Under the Dome
    • Fear is what puts butts into pews, what knocks us kneebound as if by the baton of a slavedriver.2017, Daniel Kraus, The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume Two: Empire Decayed

Origin of kneebound

From knee + bound.

Questions about kneebound

What does kneebound mean?
Kneebound means on one's knees in an act of worship.
What part of speech is kneebound?
Kneebound is an adjective.

Words near kneebound in the dictionary

  1. kneeboarded
  2. kneeboarder
  3. kneeboarders
  4. kneeboarding
  5. kneeboards
  6. kneebound
  7. kneebuckle
  8. kneebuckles
  9. kneecap
  10. kneecapped
  11. kneecapper

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