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knottiness

knottiness noun: the state of being knotty.

Noun

knottiness (countable and uncountable, plural knottinesses)

  1. The state of being knotty.

Forms of knottiness

pluralknottinesses

Origin of knottiness

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

Questions about knottiness

What does knottiness mean?
Knottiness means the state of being knotty.
What part of speech is knottiness?
Knottiness is a noun.
What is the plural of knottiness?
The plural of knottiness is knottinesses.

Words near knottiness in the dictionary

  1. knotters
  2. knottier
  3. knottiest
  4. knottily
  5. knottin
  6. knottiness
  7. knottinesses
  8. knotting
  9. Knotting and Souldrop
  10. knotting off
  11. Knottingley

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