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noun
1.
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
2.
any of various thorny shrubs or trees, especially the hawthorns belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family.
3.
the wood of any of these trees.
4.
a runic character (þ), borrowed into the Latin alphabet and representing the initial th sounds in thin and they in Old English, or thin in modern Icelandic.
5.
something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort.
verb (used with object)
6.
to prick with a thorn; vex.
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is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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7.
thorn in one's side/flesh, a source of continual irritation or suffering: That child is a thorn in the teacher's side.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch doorn, German Dorn, Old Norse thorn, Gothic thaurnus
before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch doorn, German Dorn, Old Norse thorn, Gothic thaurnus
Related forms
thorn·less, adjective
thorn·like, adjective
un·thorn, verb (used with object)
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Word Origin & History
thorn
O.E. þorn "sharp point on a stem or branch," earlier "thorny tree or plant," from P.Gmc. *thurnuz (cf. O.S. thorn, Du. doorn, O.H.G. dorn, Ger. Dorn, O.N. þorn, Goth. þaurnus), from PIE *trnus (cf. O.C.S. trunu "thorn," Skt. trnam "blade of grass," Gk. ternax "stalk of the cactus,"
EXPAND Ir. trainin "blade of grass"), from *(s)ter-n- "thorny plant," from base *ster- "stiff." Fig. sense of "anything which causes pain" is recorded from c.1230 (thorn in the flesh is from II Cor. xii.7). Also an O.E. and Icelandic runic letter (þ), named for the word of which it was the initial. Thorny is O.E. þornig; fig. sense is attested from c.1340.
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thorn  (thôrn) Pronunciation Key
A short, hard, pointed part of a stem or branch of a woody plant. Compare spine. |
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