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thorniness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun thorniness has 2 senses
- thorniness(n = noun.attribute) bristliness, prickliness, spininess - the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines; Array is a kind of raggedness, roughness
- thorniness(n = noun.attribute) acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness - a rough and bitter manner; Array is a kind of disagreeableness
Derived form adjective thorny2
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