pricky

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adjective

Stiff and sharp; prickly.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivepricky (comparative prickier, superlative prickiest)

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. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC

Origin

From prick + -y.

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APA

pricky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pricky

MLA

“pricky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pricky. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pricky,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pricky.

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