"spiny" meaning in English

See spiny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈspaɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spiny.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spinier [comparative], spiniest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪni Etymology: spine + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spine|y}} spine + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} spiny (comparative spinier, superlative spiniest)
  1. Covered in spines or thorns. Synonyms (covered in spines): thorny, prickly Translations (covered in prickles): бодлив (bodliv) (Bulgarian), piquant (French), spinifer (Latin), pūtaratara (Maori), tuatete (Maori)
    Sense id: en-spiny-en-adj-3dhKJ4h0 Disambiguation of 'covered in spines': 73 13 15 Disambiguation of 'covered in prickles': 70 10 21
  2. Troublesome; difficult or vexing Synonyms (troublesome): thorny, prickly
    Sense id: en-spiny-en-adj-gq8R7nLU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 49 25 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 54 22 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 14 64 14 8 Disambiguation of 'troublesome': 3 94 3
  3. Like a spine in shape; slender.
    Sense id: en-spiny-en-adj-RxkuQlKo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈspaɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spiny.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spinies [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪni Etymology: spine + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spine|y}} spine + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} spiny (plural spinies)
  1. Archaic form of spinny. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: spinny
    Sense id: en-spiny-en-noun-exbdNVKk

Inflected forms

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