adj
spinous
Spinous (adj) means Covered with a lot of spines.
adj
1
Covered with a lot of spines.
2
Shaped like a spine, or covered in small points.
3
(of a person) Awkward and irritable to deal with.
4
(of a subject) Full of problems and hard to deal with.
"My screenplays address a variety of upbeat as well as spinous issues, including family dysfunction, physical abuse, and the unknown gauntlet of the wild. Casting Director, and Film Production Consultant."
— Yancey Banks, Profile (2011)
"The spinous problem shifted from the how to find minima efficiently to what method should be employed to provide a better connection between the topography and the dynamics on the surface."
— A. N. Linke, Trends in Chemical Physics Research (2006)
"The convergence problem probably represents the most spinous issue of cosmography."
— Alejandro Aviles, Precision cosmology with Padé rational approximations: theoretical predictions versus observational limits (2014)
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Etymology
Either formed from spine and the suffix -ous, or borrowed directly from Latin spinōsus.
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What is the meaning of spinous?
"spinous" (adj) means covered with a lot of spines.
What is another word for spinous?
Other words for "spinous" include spiny, acanthoid, acanthous.
What is the opposite of spinous?
The opposite of "spinous" is spineless.
What are the different meanings of spinous?
"spinous" has 3 main meanings: 1. Covered with a lot of spines; 2. Shaped like a spine, or covered in small points; 3. (of a person) Awkward and irritable to deal with.
