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spinous

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈspaɪnəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted inopssuStarts with SEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. shaped like a spine or thorn

Word origin

From spine + -ous, or borrowed from Latin spinōsus.

Used in a sentence

  • The organs are simple and spinous, the spines small distally on the organ, larger proximally.
  • He had the rough magnanimity of the old English vein, mellowed into tenderness and dashed with a flexible and spinous humor.
  • For rough spinous humour few could beat Socrates. In Plato we have this humour toned down into a refined irony.

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