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Kneippism

Kneippism noun: the treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.

Noun

Kneippism (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.

Kneippism meaning in Tamil

Kneippism in Tamil

நீர் மருத்துவம்

Origin of Kneippism

From German Kneipp + -ism, after Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897), German priest.

Questions about Kneippism

What does Kneippism mean?
Kneippism means the treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.
What is Kneippism in Tamil?
Kneippism in Tamil is நீர் மருத்துவம். See Kneippism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Kneippism?
Kneippism is a noun.

Words near Kneippism in the dictionary

  1. kneidlach
  2. kneidls
  3. Kneip
  4. Kneipp's cure
  5. kneipping
  6. Kneippism
  7. Kneips
  8. knell
  9. knelled
  10. Kneller
  11. Knellers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kneippism (page history and authors); Kneippism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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