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knotted en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnɒtɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnɑtɪd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English knotted, iknotted, from the past participle of the verb knotten.

Meanings

  1. Full of knots; knotty.
    • These men lashed themselves and each other unmercifully with knotted leather scourges until the blood ran, two or three times daily. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:
  2. Tied in knots.
  3. Tangled, tangly, knotty, entangled, matted, snarled, unkempt, or uncombed.
  4. Having the shape or form of a knot.
    • Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most knotted Degree=Sup lexicographic
more knotted Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

knotted wrack · knotted pile · get knotted · pseudoknotted · knottedness · beknotted · butterfly-knotted

Translations (1)

mi taurekereke (full of knots)

knotted en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnɒtɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnɑtɪd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English knotted, iknotted, from the past participle of the verb knotten.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of knot
    form of knot
    • He arrives at school every day with his shoestrings all knotted.
    • Her macrame basket hangers are so well knotted.