Covered with thorns, having thorns, or surrounded by thorny obstacles or difficulties.
Past participle of bethorn used as an adjective, or directly as 'be-' plus 'thorned,' meaning 'having been covered with thorns.'
Poets used 'bethorned' to transform a simple word into something more dramatic and Gothic—'the bethorned path' feels more mysterious and ominous than merely 'the thorny path.'
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