hedgehogginess

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/ˈhɛd͡ʒhɒɡɪnəs/

noun

Hedgehoggy behaviour or character; disagreeability; prickliness.

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Meanings

nounhedgehogginess (uncountable)
  1. uncountableHedgehoggy behaviour or character; disagreeability; prickliness.

    ‘Why is it that we English, when we meet abroad, are so very friendly, and when we reappear in London are so very hedgyhoggy?’ I told her that the reason why there was no hedgehogginess on this occasion was because I was not an Englishman.

    1858, Motley, Corr., volume I, published 1889, page 266

Origin

From hedgehoggy + -ness.

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Translations

Welsh draenogrwydd
  • draenogrwyddhedgehoggy behaviour or character
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Chicago

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