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thorned en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Containing thorns.
    • In its native form the branches of the honey locust are thorned and bear seed pods up to a foot long. 1990 January 19, James Krohe Jr., “Green Streets”, in Chicago Reader:
    • Near-synonym: spined
    • A prickly bindweed (the Smilax Sarsaparilla) forms a feature in the near landscape, with its creamy odoriferous blossoms, coral berries, and glossy thorned leaves. 1914, John Symonds, Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete:
    • In these we always find that the thorned holly is spoken of as male, and the Ivy as female. 1863, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863:

Forms

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most thorned Degree=Sup lexicographic
more thorned Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

spineless · thornless

Coordinates

barbed

Synonyms

spined · thorny

thorned en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of thorn
    form of thorn