spiny

See also: špíny

English

Etymology

spine +‎ -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspaɪni/
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Rhymes: -aɪni

Adjective

spiny (comparative spinier, superlative spiniest)

Covered in spines or thorns
Troublesome; difficult or vexing
- 1727, William Warburton, Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes of Miracles
  The spiney desarts of scholastic philosophy
Like a spine in shape; slender.
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, OCLC 614803194; The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], volume (please specify the book number), new edition, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, OCLC 987451361:
  Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.

Synonyms

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

Translations

covered in prickles

Bulgarian: бодлив (bg) (bodliv)
French: piquant (fr)
Latin: spinifer
Maori: pūtaratara, tuatete

Noun

spiny (plural spinies)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Related terms

spine

Anagrams

Pin@ys, nipsy, snipy

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspi.nɨ/
Rhymes: -inɨ
Syllabification: spi‧ny

Noun

spiny f

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

Noun

spiny m

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of spin

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