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thorniness|ˈθɔːnɪnɪs|
[f. thorny + -ness.]
Thorny quality or condition, prickliness; fig. acerbity of manner, roughness, ruggedness.
1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 87 The Thornyness, or bad Character imprinted on the stomach,..might be obliterated. 1721Bailey, Spinosity, thorniness, difficulty. 1868A. R. Wallace Malay Archip. 158 The most characteristic feature of the jungle was its thorniness. 1895Current Hist. (Buffalo, N.Y.) V. 753 The historian's rude sallies and general thorniness. 1906Athenæum 7 July 5/2 The thorniness of metre which this poet shares with Browning. |