[Tied in many knots]. One says خُيُوطٌمُعَقَّدَةٌ [Threads, or strings, tied in many knots]: the latter word being with teshdeed to denote muchness, or multiplicity. (S, O, L.)
2.
And [hence] applied to language, (S, O, L, K,) as meaning Rendered obscure: (S, O, L:) or [simply] obscure. (K.)
3.
See also مَعْقُودٌ.
4.
And see عَقِيد.
5.
It also occurs in a tradition as meaning A sort ofبُرْد, of the manufacture of Hejer. (L.)