different between knotty vs knotted

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)

1. Full of knots.
2. 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

1. knotted, tied, linked
2. knotty, tangled, twisted
3. knobby, bumpy, clumped
4. knoblike, protruding

Descendants

• English: knotty
• Scots: knottie

References

• “knott?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

knotted (comparative more knotted, superlative most knotted)

1. Full of knots; knotty.
2. Tied in knots.
3. Tangled, tangly, knotty, entangled, matted, snarled, unkempt, or uncombed.
4. Having the shape or form of a knot.

Translations

Verb

knotted

1. simple past tense and past participle of knot

Middle English

Alternative forms

• knottid, knottyd, iknotted, icnottet, cnottede, cnotted, icnotten

Etymology

The past participle of a rare verb knotten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kn?t?d/, /i?kn?t?d/, /??kn?t?d/

Adjective

knotted

1. knotted, knotty, tangled
2. tied, linked
3. lumpy, bumpy

Descendants

• English: knotted
• Scots: knottit

References

• “knotten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.