thorninesses

English

Noun

thorninesses

  1. plural of thorniness
    • 1919, Francis Lynde, David Vallory, page 251:
      David […] even in the moment of welcomings saw his difficulties take on added thorninesses.
    • 1958, Saltire Review of Arts, Letters and Life, volumes 5-6, page 28:
      I am tired of the Guernicas and the Minotaurs, the Ronaultesque misereres, the Sutherlandesque thorninesses and the Baconian nastinesses.
    • 2013, M Ferraris, Goodbye, Kant!: What Still Stands of the Critique of Pure Reason‎[1], page 15:
      If we are aiming at a less indulgent reconstruction of Kant's philosophy, it does not help to smooth away the thorninesses
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