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Splintery

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having many splinters.
  2. 2
    Given to splintering.
Adjective
  1. 1
    subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points wordnet

Etymology

From splinter + -y.

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