thorny
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English thorny, þorny, þorni, from Old English þorniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag.
Pronunciation Adjectivethorny (comparative thornier, superlative thorniest)
- Having thorns or spines
- Synonyms: prickly, spiny
- (figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene iii]:
- the steep and thorny way to heaven
- Aloof and irritable
- French: épineux
- German: dornig
- Italian: spinoso
- Portuguese: espinhento, espinhoso
- Russian: колю́чий
- Spanish: espinoso, espinudo (Argentina)
- French: épineux
- German: dornig, schwierig, problematisch
- Italian: spinoso
- Portuguese: espinhoso
- Russian: терни́стый
- Spanish: espinoso, espinudo (colloquial), peliagudo
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