pringlingn.
/ˈprɪŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈprɪŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈprɪŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈprɪŋɡ(ə)lɪn/ Chiefly Scottish and rare.
A prickling or tingling sensation.
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prickinga1398
tinglinga1450
punction1596
dindling1597
compunction1604
punto1617
prickling1656
sharpness1694
puncture1709
puncturation1733
pins and needles1813
tingle1832
pringling1890
1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company I. x. 233 ‘I wish no better,’ said he with a pringling in the eyes at this hearty greeting.
1956 ‘P. Wentworth’ Silent Pool xli. 214 Young Watson felt a pringling at the back of his neck.
1988 W. A. D. Riach Galloway Gloss. 34 Pringlin, prinklin, pricklin, a feeling of returning circulation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
pringlingadj.
/ˈprɪŋɡlɪŋ/, /ˈprɪŋɡl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈprɪŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ rare.
That pringles; that causes a prickling or tingling sensation.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > pricking or tingling
pricking1483
tingling1543
thorny-pricking1594
dindling1597
punctory1661
punctious1688
prickly1749
tingly1862
pringling1896
1896 A. Conan Doyle Uncle Bernac i. 7 I..pressed my lips upon the wet and pringling gravel.
a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ix. 349 A dry, pringling aura as of billions of minute electric shocks crept upward over his flesh.
1923 C. Morley Where Blue Begins i. 5 In the golden light and pringling air he felt excitable and high-strung.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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