KNOTTY-PATED

PRONUNCIATION: (NOT-ee-pay-tid)

MEANING: adjective: Blockheaded or thickheaded.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English cnotta (knot) + pate (head). Earliest documented use: 1598.
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KNOTTY-RATED - measured speed in the water

KNOTTY-PATHED - without a simple, direct route from one end to the other

SNOTTY-PATED - wipes his nose on his hair