Usage: usually capitalized K
Etymology: Kneippism from Sebastian Kneipp died 1897 German priest who developed it + English -ism; Kneipp's cure or Kneipp cure after S. Kneipp, translation of German Kneippsche kur or Kneipp-kur
: treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy (as walking barefoot in morning dew)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.