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porcupinish

porcupinish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a porcupine or its spines; defensive, prickly.

Adjective

porcupinish (not comparable)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a porcupine or its spines; defensive, prickly.
    • He is described as prickly and porcupinish, but obviously gets beyond this stage of irritability.1971, Phyllis Greenacre, Emotional Growth, page 475

Origin of porcupinish

From porcupine + -ish.

Questions about porcupinish

What does porcupinish mean?
Porcupinish means resembling or characteristic of a porcupine or its spines; defensive, prickly.
What part of speech is porcupinish?
Porcupinish is an adjective.

Words near porcupinish in the dictionary

  1. porcupine-fishes
  2. porcupinefish
  3. porcupinefishes
  4. porcupines
  5. porcupinesque
  6. porcupinish
  7. Pordenone
  8. pore
  9. pore over
  10. pore space
  11. pore spaces

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