ACANTHOUS

acanthoid, acanthous, spinous

(adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

acanthous (comparative more acanthous, superlative most acanthous)

Spinous.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

13 December 2024

ALIENATED

(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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