thorny

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English thorny, þorny, þorni, from Old English þorniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag. By surface analysis, thorn +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɔːni/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈθɔɹni/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ni === Adjective === thorny (comparative thornier, superlative thorniest) (literally) Having thorns or spines. Synonyms: prickly, spiny (figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious. Aloof and irritable. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === rhyton == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English þorniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag. Equivalent to thorn +‎ -y. ==== Alternative forms ==== thornee, thornye, þorni, þorny ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈθɔrniː/, /ˈθoːrniː/ ==== Adjective ==== thorny Having many thorns or spines; thorny. (rare) Covered in thorny plants. (rare) Having a shape like a thorn. ===== Descendants ===== English: thorny Scots: thorny ===== References ===== “thornī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 September 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== thorny alternative form of thornen