different between unfathomable vs knotty

English

Etymology

un- +? fathom +? -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?fæð?m?b?l/, /?n?fæðm?b?l/

Adjective

unfathomable (comparative more unfathomable, superlative most unfathomable)

1. Impossible to fathom or understand.

   Synonyms: fathomless, incomprehensible, unintelligible; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

   Antonyms: explicable, intelligible; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
2. Difficult to penetrate.

   Synonyms: impenetrable, impregnable

   Antonyms: penetrable, pregnable

Derived terms

• unfathomability
• unfathomableness

Translations

See also

• unfathomed
• unimaginable
• inconceivable

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.