knotted

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪd

Adjective

knotted (comparative more knotted, superlative most knotted)

1. Full of knots; knotty.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:

     These men lashed themselves and each other unmercifully with knotted leather scourges until the blood ran, two or three times daily.

2. Tied in knots.
3. Tangled, tangly, knotty, entangled, matted, snarled, unkempt, or uncombed.
4. Having the shape or form of a knot.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296:

     Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose.

Derived terms

• butterfly-knotted
• get knotted
• knotted pile
• knotted wrack

 

Translations

full of knots

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} cnotach, ^{(please verify)} cocánach, ^{(please verify)} cranraithe, ^{(please verify)} dualach, ^{(please verify)} fadharcánach, ^{(please verify)} foirbeach, ^{(please verify)} snaidhmeach
• Maori: taurekereke

Verb

knotted

1. simple past and past participle of knot

   He arrives at school every day with his shoestrings all knotted.

   Her macrame basket hangers are so well knotted.

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

The past participle of a rare verb knotten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɔtəd/, /iˈknɔtəd/, /əˈknɔtəd/

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.