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prickette

noun

Etymology

From prick + -ette.

  1. derived from *breyǵ-✻ — “to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”
  2. inherited from *prikô✻
  3. inherited from *prikō✻
  4. inherited from prica
  5. inherited from prik
  6. suffixed as prickette — “prick + ette”

Definitions

  1. A woman or girl who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.

    • Good-bye, all you little pricks and prickettes, good-bye. Click your heels, close your eyes, and say three times, 'There's no place like Washington, D. C.'
    • The only Margaret I know is the one in Dennis the Menace and she's a prickette.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA