kneebound

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adjective

on one's knees in an act of worship

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Meanings

adjectivekneebound (not comparable)
  1. not comparableon one's knees in an act of worship

    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
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    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

Origin

From knee + bound.

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APA

kneebound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kneebound

MLA

“kneebound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kneebound. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kneebound,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kneebound.

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