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spiny

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈspaɪni/

Definition of spiny

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Covered in spines or thorns.
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adj

  1. Covered in spines or thorns.
  2. Troublesome; difficult or vexing.
    “The spiney desarts of scholastic philosophy”
  3. Like a spine in shape; slender.
    “And, as in well-growne woods, on trees, cold ſpinie Graſhoppers / Sit chirping, […]”

noun

  1. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic form of spinney.

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Etymology

From spine + -y.

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