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Meaning of thorninesses | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“David […] even in the moment of welcomings saw his difficulties take on added thorninesses.”

“I am tired of the Guernicas and the Minotaurs, the Ronaultesque misereres, the Sutherlandesque thorninesses and the Baconian nastinesses.”

“If we are aiming at a less indulgent reconstruction of Kant's philosophy, it does not help to smooth away the thorninesses”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Thornleigh Thornless thornless honey locust thornlessness thornlet Thornley