knottinessn.

Brit.

/ˈnɒtɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈnɑdinᵻs/

Etymology: < knotty adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The quality or condition of being knotty (literal and figurative).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > baser part of character > bad side of character

knottiness1607

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > state of having bumps or lumps > state of having knobs or knots

nodation?a1425

knottiness1607

knobbiness1611

nodosity1611

nodation1623

knobbliness1899

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > fastening with a knot > condition of having knots

knottiness1607

1607 S. Hieron Mariage-blessing in Wks. (1620) I. 409 Such children, the knottines of whose nature is refined and reformed and made smooth by grace.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 178 Tortuositas serpentis, The wryness, the knottiness, the entangling of the Serpent.

1662 in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 246 The bark of such pollards cannot be gotten off because of its knottyness.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 135 Never was such a tangled knottiness, But thus authority cuts the Gordian through.

2. Geometry. The minimum number of nodes in the projection of a knot (sense 9) on a plane or similar surface.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > knot or knotfulness

knot1877

knotfulness1877

knottiness1877

knottedness1909

1877 Tait in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. XXVIII. 148 There are, therefore, projections of every knot which give a minimum number of intersections,..this minimum number..we will call Knottiness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knottiness
释义	knottinessn. Brit. /ˈnɒtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnɑdinᵻs/ Etymology: < knotty adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The quality or condition of being knotty (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > baser part of character > bad side of character knottiness1607 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > state of having bumps or lumps > state of having knobs or knots nodation?a1425 knottiness1607 knobbiness1611 nodosity1611 nodation1623 knobbliness1899 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > fastening with a knot > condition of having knots knottiness1607 1607 S. Hieron Mariage-blessing in Wks. (1620) I. 409 Such children, the knottines of whose nature is refined and reformed and made smooth by grace. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 178 Tortuositas serpentis, The wryness, the knottiness, the entangling of the Serpent. 1662 in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 246 The bark of such pollards cannot be gotten off because of its knottyness. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 135 Never was such a tangled knottiness, But thus authority cuts the Gordian through. 2. Geometry. The minimum number of nodes in the projection of a knot (sense 9) on a plane or similar surface. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > knot or knotfulness knot1877 knotfulness1877 knottiness1877 knottedness1909 1877 Tait in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. XXVIII. 148 There are, therefore, projections of every knot which give a minimum number of intersections,..this minimum number..we will call Knottiness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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