bethorned

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English

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Etymology

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be- +‎ thorn +‎ -ed

Adjective

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bethorned (comparative more bethorned, superlative most bethorned)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Bearing thorns.
    • 1896, William Morris, Poems by the Way & Love is Enough, page 238:
      Bethorned with woe, and fruited thick with shame.
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