kneipping

Meanings

nounkneipping (uncountable)

uncountableSynonym of Kneippism.
The hot-and-cold-water treatment Sweetie referred to is called kneipping: you put your feet or your wrists or your shins in water to force your circulation to speed up.
2009 March 13, Janine Di Giovanni, “The Road to Wellville”, in New York Times
Synonyms: Kneippism

nounSynonym of Kneippism.

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

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