THISTLY

Etymology

Adjective

thistly (comparative thistlier or more thistly, superlative thistliest or most thistly)

Covered in thistles.

Resembling a thistle.

a thistly weed

Source: Wiktionary


This"tly, a.

1. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.

2. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking. In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found, Without some thistly sorrow at its side. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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