Definitions
something that causes irritation and annoyance
Word origin
From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).
Used in a sentence
“On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.”
“the white thorn”
“the cockspur thorn”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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