Definitions for KNOTTY
ˈnɒt iknot·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, toughadjective

   making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

   "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

2. gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbedadjective

   used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

   "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"

3. Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuousadjective

   highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

   "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

4. knotty, snarled, snarlyadjective

   tangled in knots or snarls

   "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knottyadjective

   Full of knots.

   knotty pine

2. knottyadjective

   Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.

   a knotty problem

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knottyadjective

   Etymology: from knot.

   1. Full of knots.

   I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds
   Have riv’d the knotty oaks. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   The timber in some trees more clean, in some more knotty: try it by speaking at one end, and laying the ear at the other; for if it be knotty, the voice will not pass well. Francis Bacon.

   The knotty oaks their list’ning branches bow. Wentworth Dillon.

   One with a brand yet burning from the flame,
   Arm’d with a knotty club another came. John Dryden, Æn.

   Where the vales with violets once were crown’d,
   Now knotty burrs and thorns disgrace the ground:
   Come, shepherds, come, and strew with leaves the plain;
   Such funeral rites your Daphnis did ordain. Dryden.

   2. Hard; rugged.

   Valiant fools
   Were made by nature for the wise to work with:
   They are their tools; and ’tis the sport of statesmen,
   When heroes knock their knotty heads together,
   And fall by one another. Nicholas Rowe, Ambitious Stepmother.

   3. Intricate; perplexed; difficult; embarassed.

   King Henry, in the very entrance of his reign, when the kingdom was cast in his arms, met with a point of great difficulty, and knotty to solve, able to trouble and confound the wisest kings. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   Princes exercised skill in putting intricate questions; and he that was the best at the untying of knotty difficulties, carried the prize. Roger L'Estrange.

   Some on the bench the knotty laws untie. Dryden.

   They compliment, they sit, they chat,
   Fight o’er the wars, reform the state;
   A thousand knotty points they clear,
   ’Till supper and my wife appear. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knotty

   The game of knotty is a Scottish team sport. It is a variation of the game of shinty as played in the fishing communities of Lybster, Caithness. It used to be played widely in the town, as was shinty in the rest of Caithness, but it ceased to be played around the end of the 19th century, until 1993 when it was revived by local enthusiasts. It involves a stick (knotty), which can be almost any form of wooden implement, and a cork fishing float as ball with varying sizes of players. Local history books suggest knotty was invented by the fishing wives of Lybster – once one of the Europe's busiest herring ports – to help keep their men sober when they were ashore. However, whilst this would have been a fine side effect of the game, the sport draws from the same prevalence of stick-ball games throughout Scotland at that time, many of which became codified into shinty in other areas. With the rundown of the industry in the late 19th century, knotty fell into abeyance until local hotelier, the late Bert Mowat, found a copy containing the few rules of the sport wedged between the pages of a Gaelic bible in a bedroom.

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1. knotty

   Knotty generally refers to something characterized by various complexities, difficulties or complications. It can describe an actual object, like a piece of wood full of knots, or it can portray abstract concepts such as a problem or situation that is intricate and hard to resolve.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knotty

   full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope

2. Knotty

   hard; rugged; as, a knotty head

3. Knotty

   difficult; intricate; perplexed

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knotty

   The game of knotty is a Scottish team sport. It is a variation of the game of shinty as played in the fishing communities of Lybster, Caithness. It used to be played widely in the town, as was shinty in the rest of Caithness, but it ceased to be played around the end of the 19th Century, until 1993 when it was revived by local enthusiasts. It involves a stick, which can be almost any form of wooden implement, and a cork fishing float as ball with varying sizes of players. Local history books suggest knotty was invented by the fishing wives of Lybster – once one of the Europe's busiest herring ports – to help keep their men sober when they were ashore. However, whilst this would have been a fine side effect of the game, the sport draws from the same prevalence of stick-ball games throughout Scotland at that time, many of which became codified into shinty in other areas. With the rundown of the industry in the late 19th century, knotty fell into abeyance until local hotelier, the late Bert Mowat, found a copy containing the few rules of the sport wedged between the pages of a Gaelic bible in a bedroom.

How to pronounce KNOTTY?

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   Daniel

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of KNOTTY in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of KNOTTY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of KNOTTY in a Sentence

1. Tom Perez:

   Sometimes when you're in a less formal setting, it's conducive to letting your guard down a little bit and I had found that to be the case in a number of knotty situations.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=KNOTTY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Knotty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=KNOTTY
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knotty
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/KNOTTY
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=KNOTTY