knottiness

knottiness
    n 1: puzzling complexity [syn: {complicatedness},
         {complication}, {knottiness}, {tortuousness}]
    

Knottiness \Knot"ti*ness\, n. [From {Knotty}.]
   1. The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.
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   2. Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication. "
      Knottiness of his style." --Hare.
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