different between knotty vs knarred
knotty
English
Etymology
From Middle English knotty, knotti, equivalent to knot +? -y. Compare Dutch knoestig (“knotty”), German knotig (“knotty”), Swedish knutig, knotig (“knotty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?ti/
- Homophone: naughty (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
- Rhymes: -?ti
Adjective
knotty (comparative knottier or more knotty, superlative knottiest or most knotty)
- Full of knots.
- Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
- Synonyms: intricate, thorny
Derived terms
- Knotty Ash
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- knotti, cnotti
Etymology
From knotte +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kn?ti?/
Adjective
knotty
- knotted, tied, linked
- knotty, tangled, twisted
- knobby, bumpy, clumped
- knoblike, protruding
Descendants
- English: knotty
- Scots: knottie
References
- “knott?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
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knarred
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??(?)d/
- Homophone: nard
Adjective
knarred (comparative more knarred, superlative most knarred)
- knotty; gnarled
- 1850, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Seaside and the Fireside
- the knarred and crooked cedar knees
- 1850, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Seaside and the Fireside
Anagrams
- redrank
knarred From the web:
- what does knarred mean
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