English: no wonder it has so many words...

[desperance]

(...if people will keep making them up...)

The word "thistlish" doesn't seem to exist. Or didn't, until I wrote it in this novel. I still think I like it better than "thistleish", though; that "e" just looks redundant to me, if it isn't contributing to pronunciation-guidance.

The word "tetradelphous", though, absolutely does occur. Too bad I have no way to use it.