http://uniquepov.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] uniquepov.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2014-05-14 07:30 pm

Shakespearean Imagination

Friends, what cheer?

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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