Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knottiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
knot-ti-ness
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being knotty.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English knottynesse, equivalent to knotty + -ness.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

knottinesses (plural)

Synonyms

complicatedness complication tortuousness

Questions

What does knottiness mean?
The state of being knotty.
Where does knottiness come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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