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Also Inflected form of knot

knotted

knot·ted

UK/ˈnɒtɪd/ US/ˈnɑtɪd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

tied with a knot

  • “his carefully knotted necktie”
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2.

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

  • “gnarled and knotted hands”
  • “a knobbed stick”
3.

tangled in knots or snarls

  • “a mass of knotted string”
  • “snarled thread”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • get knotted
  • knotted pile
  • knotted wrack

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