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adjective
Etymology: probably alteration of knurled
Date: 1603
1. full of knots or gnarls ; knotty <gnarled hands> 2. crabbed in disposition, aspect, or character
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gnarled — (adj.) the source of the group of words that includes gnarl (v.), gnarl (n.), gnarly is Shakespeare s use of gnarled in 1603: Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn wedgable and gnarled Oke. [ Measure for Measure, II.ii.116] OED and… … Etymology dictionary
gnarled — [na:ld US na:rld] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: knurled having raised lines on the surface (17 21 centuries), from knurl small part sticking out (17 21 centuries)] 1.) a gnarled tree or branch is rough and twisted with hard lumps 2.) gnarled… … Dictionary of contemporary English
gnarled — [ narld ] adjective old and twisted and covered in lines: gnarled hands a gnarled old apple tree … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Gnarled — Gnarled, a. Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained. [1913 Webster] The unwedgeable and gnarl[ e]d oak. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gnarled — [adj] knotted bent, contorted, crooked, deformed, distorted, gnarly, knurled, leathery, out of shape, rough, rugged, tortured, twisted, weather beaten, wrinkled; concepts 485,486 Ant. straight, unbent, uncurled, untwisted … New thesaurus
gnarled — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age. ORIGIN variant of knarled, from obsolete knarre rugged rock or stone … English terms dictionary
gnarled — [närld] adj. [ult. < ME knorre, a knot: see KNUR] 1. knotty and twisted, as the trunk of an old tree 2. roughened, hardened, sinewy, etc., as hands that do rough work: Also gnarly or gnarlier or gnarliest … English World dictionary
gnarled — [[t]nɑ͟ː(r)ld[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A gnarled tree is twisted and strangely shaped because it is old. ...a large and beautiful garden full of ancient gnarled trees. 2) ADJ GRADED A person who is gnarled looks very old because their skin has lines on … English dictionary
gnarled — [17] Gnarled is essentially a 19thcentury word. It is recorded once before then, in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure 1603 (‘Thy sharp and sulphurous bolt splits the unwedgable and gnarled oak’), but its modern currency is due to its adoption by… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
gnarled — [17] Gnarled is essentially a 19thcentury word. It is recorded once before then, in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure 1603 (‘Thy sharp and sulphurous bolt splits the unwedgable and gnarled oak’), but its modern currency is due to its adoption by… … Word origins
gnarled — adjective 1 a gnarled tree or branch is rough and twisted with hard lumps 2 gnarled hands or fingers are twisted, rough, and difficult to move, usually because they are old … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
