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prickery

prickery noun: the actions or attitudes of a prick; prickish behaviour.

Noun

prickery (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The actions or attitudes of a prick; prickish behaviour.
    • The women's game isn't blighted with nearly as much preening, posing or all-round prickery., Michael Hogan, The Telegraph
    • “God's blood, Thomas, self-righteous prickery is not the preserve of the English!”2017, Jules Radcliffe, Penitent Pirate
    Synonyms:
    prickishness

Synonyms of prickery

Origin of prickery

From prick + -ery.

Questions about prickery

What does prickery mean?
Prickery means the actions or attitudes of a prick; prickish behaviour.
What part of speech is prickery?
Prickery is a noun.

Words near prickery in the dictionary

  1. pricked up one's ears
  2. pricker
  3. prickerbush
  4. prickerbushes
  5. prickers
  6. prickery
  7. pricket
  8. pricketh
  9. prickets
  10. Prickett
  11. prickette

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