KNOTTY Meaning of KNOTTY in English superl difficult; intricate; perplexed. 2. knotty ·superl hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. 3. knotty ·superl full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope. Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012