thorninesses

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A form of thorniness — The property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of thorniness

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

    1919, Francis Lynde, David Vallory, page 251
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    I am tired of the Guernicas and the Minotaurs, the Ronaultesque misereres, the Sutherlandesque thorninesses and the Baconian nastinesses.

    1958, Saltire Review of Arts, Letters and Life, volumes 5-6, page 28

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

    2013, M Ferraris, Goodbye, Kant!: What Still Stands of the Critique of Pure Reason, page 15
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