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prickish

adj

Etymology

From prick + -ish.

  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 prickish — “prick + ish”

Definitions

  1. having the characteristics of a prick

    having the characteristics of a prick; being unpleasant, rude or annoying.

The neighborhood

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