knotted

adjective

knot·​ted ˈnä-təd How to pronounce knotted (audio)
1
: tied in or with a knot
2
: full of knots : gnarled
3
: knotty
4
: ornamented with knots or knobs

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Awash in bright sunny images and careening toward a dark, knotted ending, Daneshmand’s family drama makes for an increasingly disquieting watch, the unseemly secret at its center as poisonous as the pet snail which serves as a waiting Chekhov’s gun. Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024 The most popular current adaptation would be something like a kilt, a kind of men's skirt that incorporates this same knotted detail in the front. Nuria Luis, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024 Vast factories and processing plants slumped into the earth, stripped bare like knotted jungle gyms. Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 Rolling hills of millennial olive and almond trees flex their knotted branches. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for knotted 

Word History

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of knotted was in the 12th century

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“Knotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knotted. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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knotted

adjective
knot·​ted
ˈnät-əd
1
: tied in or with a knot
2
: knotty
3
: ornamented with knots or knobs
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