(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:40:34

Knot"ti*ness (?), n. [From Knotty.]

1.

The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.

2.

Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication.

" Knottiness of his style."

Hare.

 

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