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knotted

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnɒtɪd/ / /ˈnɑtɪd/

adj

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

  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.

  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.

verb

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

  1. simple past and past participle of knot

    He arrives at school every day with his shoestrings all knotted.

    Her macrame basket hangers are so well knotted.