ˈthikə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce, adjective, thick
1. : a dense and usually circumscribed growth of shrubbery or small trees : coppice
thickets of sumac, blackberries, and poison ivy — Nathaniel Burt
2. : something likened to a thicket for density or impenetrability : tangle
the myriad thickets and morasses of superstition — Alan Gregg
ghost-written sources have built an impenetrable thicket around the truth — E.R.May