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Definition of Knaggy
1. a. Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper.
Definition of Knaggy
1. Adjective. Having many protuberances, knobs or knots; knotty, rough or rugged. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knaggy
1. of wood, knotty [adj KNAGGIER, KNAGGIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knaggy
Literary usage of Knaggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"Brockett gives " knaggy, testy, ill-humoured, waspish," and in his 2nd ed.
derives it from Swed. gnaga, to tease, to torment; to which our meaning may with ..."
2. Tiw: Or, A View of the Roots and Stems of the English as a Teutonic Tongue by William Barnes (1862)
"Niggle, J knaggy, n. niggling, irritable. KNECHT, Ger.] was at first what is
called a CNIHT, o. \ hard-boy, a youth, thence a Knight, J waiting-boy, ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"... facility, aptness, aptitude, quickness, readiness, address, expertness.
knaggy, a. Knotty, gnarled. ... I. Knotted, gnarled, full of knots, knaggy, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"knaggy [naag-i], adj. ill-tempered. Knap [naap], v. (1) to strike lightly; (2)
to receive punishment for a misdeed. ' Thoo'll knap it,'—you will get ..."
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