pricklesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by prickling.

OriginProto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English prickle →
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Meanings

adjectivepricklesome (comparative more pricklesome, superlative most pricklesome)

comparative more pricklesome · superlative most pricklesome

  1. Characterised or marked by prickling.

    “He'd want a reason, Roric. And whatever reason you gave him, no matter how crafty, he'd take offence at it. Aistan's a good man, but pricklesome when it comes to his family.”

    2014, Karen Miller, The Falcon Throne

Origin

  1. Englishprickle
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. Englishpricklesome

From prickle + -some.

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APA

pricklesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pricklesome

MLA

“pricklesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pricklesome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pricklesome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pricklesome.

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