spininessn.
/ˈspʌɪnɪnɪs/ The quality or state of being spiny.
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?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads iii. Comm. 48 To make the old men resemble Grasshoppers for their cold, and bloodlesse spininesse.
1902 Q. Rev. July 125 A certain spininess which has developed even amongst genera that are elsewhere smooth.
1907 G. F. S. Elliot Romance Plant Life 181 The common Whin..is very nearly as perfect an example of thorniness and spininess.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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