hedgehoggyadj.

/ˈhɛdʒhɒɡi/

Etymology: < hedgehog n. + -y suffix¹.

Of the nature of a hedgehog; externally repellent; difficult to get on with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable

strange1338

estrangec1374

formal?1518

cold1557

squeamish1561

icy1567

buckrama1589

repulsive1598

starched1600

unaffable1603

stiff1608

withdrawing1611

reserved1612

aloof1639

cool1641

uncordial1643

inaffable1656

staunch1659

standfra1683

distant1710

starcha1716

distancing1749

pokerish1779

buckramed1793

angular1808

easeless1811

touch-me-not1817

starchy1824

standoffish1826

offish1827

poker-backed1830

standoff1837

stiffish1840

chilly1841

unapproachable1848

hedgehoggy1866

sticky1882

hard-to-get1899

stand-away1938

princesse lointaine1957

1866 J. Ruskin Ethics of Dust v. 101 So your hedgehoggy readers roll themselves over and over their Bibles, and declare that whatever sticks to their own spines is Scripture.

1882 Spurgeon in Christian World Pulpit 22 163 Get near some of those dear hedgehoggy brethren, and go and make a pillow of them.

Derivatives

ˈhedgehogginess n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability

strangenessc1386

unhomelinessc1440

fremdnessa1500

coldness1557

coolnessa1586

self-guarda1586

diskindness1596

formality1599

reservedness1606

inaffability1611

restrainta1616

unconess1637

chillness1639

froideur1645

distance1660

starchedness1670

buckram1682

starchness?1693

starch1694

reserve1711

stiffness1717

unapproachableness1727

retirement1803

angularity1824

standoffishness1826

distancy1836

chill1837

starchiness1844

unapproachability1846

hedgehogginess1858

standoff1865

offishness1867

aloofness1878

pokerishness1880

untouchableness1909

untouchability1919

stuffiness1926

1858 J. L. Motley Let. 13 June in Corr. (1889) I. viii. 266 ‘Why is it that we English, when we meet abroad, are so very friendly, and when we reappear in London are so very hedgehoggy?’ I told her that the reason why there was no hedgehogginess on this occasion was because I was not an Englishman.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	hedgehoggy
释义	hedgehoggyadj. /ˈhɛdʒhɒɡi/ Etymology: < hedgehog n. + -y suffix¹. Of the nature of a hedgehog; externally repellent; difficult to get on with. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable strange1338 estrangec1374 formal?1518 cold1557 squeamish1561 icy1567 buckrama1589 repulsive1598 starched1600 unaffable1603 stiff1608 withdrawing1611 reserved1612 aloof1639 cool1641 uncordial1643 inaffable1656 staunch1659 standfra1683 distant1710 starcha1716 distancing1749 pokerish1779 buckramed1793 angular1808 easeless1811 touch-me-not1817 starchy1824 standoffish1826 offish1827 poker-backed1830 standoff1837 stiffish1840 chilly1841 unapproachable1848 hedgehoggy1866 sticky1882 hard-to-get1899 stand-away1938 princesse lointaine1957 1866 J. Ruskin Ethics of Dust v. 101 So your hedgehoggy readers roll themselves over and over their Bibles, and declare that whatever sticks to their own spines is Scripture. 1882 Spurgeon in Christian World Pulpit 22 163 Get near some of those dear hedgehoggy brethren, and go and make a pillow of them. Derivatives ˈhedgehogginess n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability strangenessc1386 unhomelinessc1440 fremdnessa1500 coldness1557 coolnessa1586 self-guarda1586 diskindness1596 formality1599 reservedness1606 inaffability1611 restrainta1616 unconess1637 chillness1639 froideur1645 distance1660 starchedness1670 buckram1682 starchness?1693 starch1694 reserve1711 stiffness1717 unapproachableness1727 retirement1803 angularity1824 standoffishness1826 distancy1836 chill1837 starchiness1844 unapproachability1846 hedgehogginess1858 standoff1865 offishness1867 aloofness1878 pokerishness1880 untouchableness1909 untouchability1919 stuffiness1926 1858 J. L. Motley Let. 13 June in Corr. (1889) I. viii. 266 ‘Why is it that we English, when we meet abroad, are so very friendly, and when we reappear in London are so very hedgehoggy?’ I told her that the reason why there was no hedgehogginess on this occasion was because I was not an Englishman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1858
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