knotty

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English knotti, knotty (“having a knot in it; full of knots; tied together (?); resembling a knot, knotlike; having knobs or protuberances; bulging, convex; of a tree, branch, etc.: full of knots, gnarled; of a plant cutting to be grafted or planted: full of buds or eyes; having joints (?); having swollen joints; of flesh: glandular; of flesh: granular, lumpy, especially, having many swellings; mangy, scurfy (?); having pimples (?); of cauterization: carried out on glandular tissue; (figuratively) of a question or problem: difficult, intricate”) [and other forms], from knotte (“knot; pattern of intersecting lines; coil of a snake”) (from Old English cnotta (“knot”), from Proto-Germanic *knuttô (“knot”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gned- (“to bind”)) + -i (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). The English word may be analysed as knot +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɒti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑti/, [-ɾi] Homophones: naughty (cot–caught merger); noddy (flapping) Rhymes: -ɒti Hyphenation: knot‧ty === Adjective === knotty (comparative knottier or more knotty, superlative knottiest or most knotty) Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots. Of a part of the body, a tree, etc.: full of knots (knobs or swellings); gnarled, knobbly. (figuratively) Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult. Synonyms: intricate, thorny; see also Thesaurus:complex Antonyms: simple, uncomplicated Of an austere or hard nature; rugged. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== knot knotting (noun) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === knot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Middle English == === Alternative forms === knotti, cnotti === Etymology === From knotte +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈknɔtiː/ === Adjective === knotty knotted, tied, linked knotty, tangled, twisted knobby, bumpy, clumped knoblike, protruding ==== Descendants ==== English: knotty Scots: knottie ==== References ==== “knottī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 April 2018.