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Definition of Thorniness
1. Noun. The quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines.
Generic synonyms: Raggedness, Roughness
Derivative terms: Bristly, Prickly, Spiny, Thorny
2. Noun. A rough and bitter manner.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeableness
Derivative terms: Acerbate, Acerbic, Acrimonious, Bitter, Bitter, Jaundice, Tart
Definition of Thorniness
1. Noun. The property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thorniness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thorniness
Literary usage of Thorniness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"Slight variations were noted in the degree of thorniness, ... The purples varied
in thorniness from very thorny to almost smooth, while the black caps ..."
2. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"For example, there are factors of thorniness and factors of ... It may be in any
given case that the two factors united both represent thorniness, ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"In their thorniness, however, there is no malice, only some malic acid. The rocky
pastures of the tract I have referred to — for they maintain their ground ..."
4. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"I should mention the presence in parts of the mesa of the many low shrubs which
are noticeable chiefly for their inhospitable thorniness. ..."
5. The Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore by Ida Dandridge Bennett (1903)
"The thorniness of the old hardy June Rose adds greatly to the labour of caring
for them, and this alone would lead some to discard them. ..."
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