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See also: špíny
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspaɪni/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- 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, “The Third Booke of Homers Iliads”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC, page 40:
- And, as in well-growne woods, on trees, cold ſpinie Graſhoppers / Sit chirping, […]
Synonyms
Derived terms
- aspiny
- medium spiny neuron
- Neotropical spiny rat
- Solomon Island spiny monitor
- spinily
- spininess
- spiny anteater
- spiny bamboo
- spiny broom
- spiny-cheeked honeyeater
- spiny-cheek sleeper
- spiny cocklebur
- spiny coriander
- spiny dogfish
- spiny eel
- spiny-headed worm
- spiny hopsage
- spiny lobster
- spiny mouse
- spiny murex
- spiny oyster
- spiny pocket mouse
- spiny projection neuron
- spiny rat
- spiny seahorse
- spiny shark
- spiny softshell turtle
- spiny spider crab
- spiny-tailed lizard
- spiny tubeworm
- subspiny
- Texas spiny lizard
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
spiny (plural spinies)
References
- “spiny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
spiny f
- inflection of spina:
Noun
spiny m
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