knotty

English

Etymology

knot +‎ -y

Pronunciation

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• Homophone: naughty (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

• Rhymes: -ɒti

Adjective

knotty (comparative knottier or more knotty, superlative knottiest or most knotty)

1. Full of knots.

   knotty pine

2. Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.

   a knotty problem

Translations

Full of knots

• Catalan: nuós (ca)
• Irish: cranrach (ga)
• Italian: nodoso (it)
• Jèrriais: noueux

• Romanian: nodos (ro)
• Russian: сучковатый (ru) (sučkovátyj)
• Spanish: nudoso (es)

Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult

• Russian: запутанный (ru) (zapútannyj)