Dictionary
knot•ty
Pronunciation: (not'ē), [key]—
adj., -ti•er, -ti•est.
1. having knots; full of knots:
a knotty piece of wood.
2. involved, intricate, or difficult:
a knotty problem. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.