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It's Wednesday again, which means another installment of Shakespearean Imagination!

Without further ado, I give you today’s word:

gnarled : gnarled /närld/ (adjective):


adjective
- knobbly, rough, and twisted, particularly with age



Synonyms : knobbly, knotty, knotted, gnarly, lumpy, bumpy, nodular, twisted, bent, crooked, distorted, contorted



First seen in Shakespeare's Measure For Measure (written 1604- 1605). The full text of the play may be found here.
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