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splintery

splin·tery

US/ˈsplɪntɜri/ uncommon

adjective

1.

subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces

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2.

resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points

  • “a rough splintery floor of old pine boards”
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Origin

From splinter + -y.

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