knock-kneed

See also: knockkneed

English

Knock-kneed legs (valgus deformity)

Adjective

knock-kneed

(of the legs) Having the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart.
- 1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […] ‎:
  I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab. It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse.
(of a person or animal) Suffering from genu valgum (or tibia valga).

Coordinate terms

bow-legged, bandy-legged

Related terms

knock knee

Translations

having knees abnormally close together

Bikol Central: piki
Danish: kalveknæet
Dutch: x-benen (nl) pl
Finnish: pihtipolvinen
French: cagneux (fr)
Galician: trenco (gl) m, crouvexo m, zapexo m
German: x-beinig (de)
Hebrew: בֶּרֶךְ קְלוּבָה f (berekh kluva)
Latin: varus (classical)
Maori: turi haka
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kalvbeint, kalvbent

Nynorsk: kalvbeint
Spanish: zambo (es)
Swedish: kobent (sv)
Tagalog: piki, pakid

suffering from genu valgum

Finnish: pihtipolvinen
Galician: trenco (gl) m, zambro m, crouvexo m, zapexo m, carrancholas m
Spanish: befo (es), zambo (es)

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