Noun: thorn thorn
- A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
"The rose's thorns caught on her sleeve as she pruned the bush";
- spine, prickle, pricker
- Something that causes irritation and annoyance
"he's a thorn in my flesh";
- irritant
- A Germanic character of runic origin
"The thorn character (þ) was used in Old English to represent the 'th' sound"
Derived forms: thorns
Type of: aculeus, annoyance, bother, botheration [informal], infliction, irritation, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck [informal], rune, runic letter
Encyclopedia: Thorn, Mississippi