pricky
English
Etymology
prick + -y
Adjective
pricky (comparative prickier, superlative prickiest)
- Stiff and sharp; prickly.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pricky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)