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thistlewarp

thistlewarp noun: the goldfinch.

Noun

thistlewarp (plural thistlewarps)

  1. (obsolete) The goldfinch.
    • An asse overwhelmed a thisselwarps nest; the little bird pecked his gaul'd back in revenge […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

Forms of thistlewarp

pluralthistlewarps

Origin of thistlewarp

From thistle + warp.

Questions about thistlewarp

What does thistlewarp mean?
Thistlewarp means the goldfinch.
What part of speech is thistlewarp?
Thistlewarp is a noun.
What is the plural of thistlewarp?
The plural of thistlewarp is thistlewarps.

Words near thistlewarp in the dictionary

  1. thistletails
  2. Thistlethwaite
  3. Thistlethwaite's algorithm
  4. Thistleton
  5. Thistletons
  6. thistlewarp
  7. thistlewarps
  8. thistlier
  9. thistliest
  10. thistlish
  11. thistly

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