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thorny
English
Etymology
From Middle English thorny, þorny, þorni, from Old English þorni?, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag. Equivalent to thorn +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????ni/
- (US) IPA(key): /????ni/
- Rhymes: -??(?)ni
Adjective
thorny (comparative thornier, superlative thorniest)
- having thorns or spines
- Synonyms: prickly, spiny
- (figuratively) troublesome or vexatious
- aloof and irritable
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- rhyton
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English þorni?, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag. Equivalent to thorn +? -y.
Alternative forms
- þorny, þorni, thornye, thornee
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???rni?/
Adjective
thorny
- Having many thorns or spines; thorny.
- (rare) Covered in thorny plants.
- (rare) Having a shape like a thorn.
Descendants
- English: thorny
- Scots: thorny
References
- “thorn?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.
Etymology 2
From thorn +? -en (“infinitival suffix”).
Verb
thorny
- Alternative form of thornen
thorny From the web:
cockspur
English
Alternative forms
- cock's-spur (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock +? spur.
Noun
cockspur (plural cockspurs)
- A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
- Synonym: gaff
- A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
- Synonyms: barnyard grass, barnyard millet, cockspur grass, common barnyard grass, Japanese millet, water grass
- A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
- Synonyms: cockspur hawthorn, cockspur thorn
Derived terms
Translations
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