knucklesome
English
Etymology
From knuckle + -some.
Adjective
knucklesome (comparative more knucklesome, superlative most knucklesome)
- (literally and figuratively) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly
- 2011, Karen Russell, Swamplandia!:
- 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.
- 2015, Dave Bassett, Wally Downes, The Crazy Gang:
- It was in my early non-league days at Hayes, Wycombe Wanderers and Hendon where I learned my more knucklesome trade.
- 2011, Karen Russell, Swamplandia!: