different between variegated vs knotty

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: vâr???g?'t?d, IPA^(key): /?ve??????e?t?d/, /?væ?i.???e?t?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: vâr???g?'t?d, IPA^(key): /?ve??????e?t?d/

Adjective

variegated (comparative more variegated, superlative most variegated)

1. Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color.

   Synonyms: patterned; see also Thesaurus:marked

2. (by extension) Very colorful.

   Synonyms: motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored

Related terms

• variegate

Translations

Verb

variegated

1. simple past tense and past participle of variegate

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.