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thornen.

Made of or consisting of thorns.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Made of or consisting of thorns.

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English thornen, from Old English þyrnen (“thorny, of thorns”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurnīn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnīnaz (“of thorns”), equivalent to thorn + -en.

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