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pricky

pricky adjective: stiff and sharp; prickly.

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. […]...

Forms of pricky

comparativeprickier
superlativeprickiest

Origin of pricky

From prick + -y.

Questions about pricky

What does pricky mean?
Pricky means stiff and sharp; prickly.
What part of speech is pricky?
Pricky is an adjective.

Words near pricky in the dictionary

  1. prickwad
  2. prickwads
  3. Prickwillow
  4. prickwood
  5. prickwoods
  6. pricky
  7. pricy
  8. Priday
  9. Priddle
  10. Priddy
  11. Priddys

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