bethorned

English

Etymology

be- +‎ thorn +‎ -ed

Adjective

bethorned (comparative more bethorned, superlative most bethorned)

1. (archaic, poetic) Bearing thorns.
   • 1896, William Morris, Poems by the Way & Love is Enough, page 238:

     Bethorned with woe, and fruited thick with shame.