prickliness

noun
/ˈpɹɪklɪnəs/

Etymology

From prickly + -ness.

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being prickly.

    • The sharp prickliness of its finnes.
    • A Thistle…assuming a new Form, and without any prickliness.
    • Closer inspection disclosed the furious and impossible prickliness of their surface.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prickliness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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