knosp

English

Etymology

Compare German knospe (“bud”), English knop, knar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɒsp/
Rhymes: -ɒsp

Noun

knosp (plural knosps)

(architecture) Alternative form of knop (“a knob”)
- 1818, Henry Hart Milman, Samor, the Lord of The Bright City:
  The gem-knosp'd diadem
The unopened bud of a flower.

References

“knosp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

knops, ponks, sponk

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