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prickier

prickier is the comparative form of pricky.

Meaning of pricky

Adjective

pricky (comparative prickier, superlative prickiest)

  1. Stiff and sharp; prickly.
    • Prickie moreover it [Soap-wort] is like a thorne.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XIX.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […]...

Questions about prickier

What is prickier the comparative form of?
Prickier is the comparative form of pricky.

Words near prickier in the dictionary

  1. Pricketts
  2. prickface
  3. prickfaces
  4. prickhead
  5. prickheads
  6. prickier
  7. prickiest
  8. pricking
  9. pricking at the belt
  10. pricking one's ears
  11. pricking out

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