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knaggy

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[nag-ee] / ˈnæg i /

adjective

knaggier, knaggiest

  1. knotty; rough with knots.

Etymology

Origin of knaggy

1350–1400; Middle English knag spur, projection, peg (cognate with German Knagge knot, peg) + -y 1

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But to enter in thereat, because it is of a knaggy, difficult, and rugged access, this is the question which I ask of you.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

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