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Knielauf

Knielauf noun: a schema for the depiction of rapid movement found particularly in Archaic Greek and Etruscan art, in which one knee is depicted as being bent to the point of nearly touching the ground.

knielauf: a schema for the depiction of rapid movement found particularly in Archaic Greek and Etruscan art,...
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Noun

Knielauf (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A schema for the depiction of rapid movement found particularly in Archaic Greek and Etruscan art, in which one knee is depicted as being bent to the point of nearly touching the ground.

Origin of Knielauf

Learned borrowing from German Knielauf.

Questions about Knielauf

What does Knielauf mean?
Knielauf means a schema for the depiction of rapid movement found particularly in Archaic Greek and Etruscan art, in which one knee is depicted as being bent to the point of nearly touching the ground.
What part of speech is Knielauf?
Knielauf is a noun.

Words near Knielauf in the dictionary

  1. knicks off
  2. knicky-knocky-nine-doors
  3. knickzone
  4. Knidian
  5. Knidos
  6. Knielauf
  7. Knieriem
  8. Knieriems
  9. Knierim
  10. Knierims
  11. Knies

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