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gnarled

adj
/nɑː(ɹ)ld/

Etymology

First attested Shakespeare 1603: : Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable [unwedgable] and gnarled Oke [oak]. : Measure for Measure, Act II, scene ii, line 116 Variant of knurled, from knurl. By surface analysis, gnarl + -ed, though gnarl is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century.

Definitions

  1. Knotty and misshapen.

  2. Made rough by age or hard work.

  3. simple past and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 1)

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. simple past and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 2)

The neighborhood

Derived

gnarl, ungnarled

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA