spiny

English

Etymology

spine +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪni

Adjective

spiny (comparative spinier, superlative spiniest)

1. covered in spines or thorns
2. troublesome; difficult or vexing
   • (Can we date this quote by Bishop Warburton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     the spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy

3. Like a spine in shape; slender.
   • (Can we date this quote by Chapman and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.

Synonyms

• (covered in spines): thorny, prickly
• (troublesome): thorny, prickly

Translations

covered in prickles

• Bulgarian: бодлив (bg) (bodliv)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: pūtaratara, tuatete

Noun

spiny (plural spinies)

1. Archaic form of spinny.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “spiny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Related terms

• spine

Anagrams

• Pin@ys, nipsy, snipy

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.nɨ/

Noun

spiny f

1. genitive singular of spina
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of spina

Noun

spiny m

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of spin