thorninesses

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of thorniness

   “David […] even in the moment of welcomings saw his difficulties take on added thorninesses.”

   “I am tired of the Guernicas and the Minotaurs, the Ronaultesque misereres, the Sutherlandesque thorninesses and the Baconian nastinesses.”

   “If we are aiming at a less indulgent reconstruction of Kant's philosophy, it does not help to smooth away the thorninesses”