"knucklesome" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more knucklesome [comparative], most knucklesome [superlative]
Etymology: From knuckle + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|knuckle|some}} knuckle + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} knucklesome (comparative more knucklesome, superlative most knucklesome)
  1. (literal and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly
    Sense id: en-knucklesome-en-adj-sUJg-jIy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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          "text": "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.",
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