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aprickle

aprickle adjective: prickling.

Adjective

aprickle (not comparable)

  1. Prickling.
    • William flushed a deeper scarlet, the skin of his neck all aprickle, when he remembered Ellen's kind eyes and cheerful good humour even when he had been rude to her.2010, Posie Graeme-Evans, Dressmaker

Origin of aprickle

From a- + prickle.

Questions about aprickle

What does aprickle mean?
Aprickle means prickling.
What part of speech is aprickle?
Aprickle is an adjective.

Words near aprickle in the dictionary

  1. apricating
  2. aprication
  3. apricious
  4. apricitabine
  5. apricity
  6. aprickle
  7. apricock
  8. apricocke
  9. apricockes
  10. apricocks
  11. apricot

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