spinosus

spīnōsus adj.with comp.

spina, full of thorns, thorny, prickly, bristling : herbae, O.— Fig., of style, harsh, crabbed, obscure, confused, perplexed : disserendi genus: haec enim spinosiora prius ut confitear me cogunt.—Of cares, galling, irritating : curae, Ct.