Gordian

['ɡɔ:diən]

Definition

(adj.) extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot' .

Typist: Thaddeus--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable.

(a.) Pertaining to the Gordiacea.

(n.) One of the Gordiacea.

Typed by Lesley

Definition

adj. intricate: difficult.—v.t. (Keats) to tie up knot.—Cut the Gordian knot to overcome a difficulty by violent measures—Alexander unable to untie the fateful knot tied by Gordius king of Phrygia having cut it through with his sword.

Checker: Sondra