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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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