English Explanatory Dictionary

Thorndike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.

Word forms

Thorndike Thorndikes Thorndyke

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a sort of palisade made with thornbushes, from Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + dīc (“ditch; dike”). The town was named after Israel Thorndike, a landowner.

Derived words

Thorndikean
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