Gordian
Gordian adjective - Extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot'.
Tied
Tied adjective - Bound or secured closely.
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Gordian and tied are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gordian" instead an adjective "Tied".
Nearby Word: tie
Both words in one sentence
- She remarks that it's "tied with a Gordian knot, and there's no way I'm untying that." So she cuts it.
Source: Video Game / Enigmatis -
The Gordian Knot was a fancy knot tied in a piece of rope by a king named Gordius.
Source: Appeal to Force -
In the city of Telmissus in Asia Minor, an ox-cart was said to be tied either to a post or its own shaft with a fiendishly complicated knot by the cart's owner, a man named Gordias; the knot itself became known as the Gordian Knot.
Source: Dungeon Bypass
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