prick-earedadj.

Brit.

/ˈprɪkɪəd/, U.S.

/ˈprɪkˌɪ(ə)rd/

Forms: see prick n. and eared adj.¹

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prick n., eared adj.¹

Etymology: Apparently < prick n. (compare prick n. 7a) + eared adj.¹ Compare later prick adj., prick ear n., pricked adj.¹ 3, prick v. 27. In sense 1b punningly after pricksong n.

a. Of an animal, esp. a dog: having erect ears. Also occasionally in extended use.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having ears > having prick-ears

prick-eareda1425

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > having specific type parts

sawinga1398

prick-eareda1425

well hanged1592

curtal1599

well-hung1611

unwormeda1625

uncropped1802

undocked1802

ring-tailed1821

apple-headed1854

gay1894

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > of cereal plants > having ears or in the ear

eareda1398

eary1578

spiked1601

prick-eared1922

a1425 in W. H. Hulme Middle-Eng. Harrowing of Hell (1907) p. xxv (MED) The horss hath..propertes..of a fox..prik-eryd, fayr-sided, schorte trottyng, and a litell hed.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 328 (MED) At hys feete lay a prykeryd curre.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxi^v The nyne properties of a foxe. The firste is to be pricke eared: the seconde to be lytell eared.

1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 85 The prickeard foxe should send tis noble grace.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. i. 39 What dost thou push, thou prickeard cur of Iseland.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 366 By this..you may make any laue-eard Horsse, to be as pricke eard..& comly, as any other Horse whatsoeuer.

1657 H. Crompton Pierides xvii. 25 His judgement's blinded, and he thinks amiss, Like prick-ear'd Midas.

1711 E. Ward Life & Notable Adventures Don Quixote iv. xiv. 264 Sancho should his Ass bestride... Don Quixote Hors'd in Armour Clad, And Sancho on his prick-ear'd Pad.

1794 C. Hassall Gen. View Agric. Carmarthen 37 The farmers appear not sufficiently attentive to the breed of swine—a narrow, short, prick-eared kind, is observable in most parts of the country.

a1804 J. Mather Songs (1862) xix. 24 That bird and ass that paid the score, Bug, prick-ear'd Sam, and many more.

1836 Times 16 Jan. 3/2 The animal was of the prick-eared breed, and was killed last week.

a1873 S. Wilberforce Ess. (1874) I. 45 Any prick-eared tree-inhabiting monkey.

1922 E. Blunden Shepherd 81 From the young corn the prick-eared leverets stare At strangers come to spy the land.

1940 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Georgics i. 25 The dangers of showery spring, When the prick-eared harvest already bristles along the plains.

1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock xvii. 212 Often known abroad as the Yorkshire, it [sc. the Large White] is a prick-eared, long-bodied white pig which seems to have arisen from crosses of various breeds onto the large local race.

†b. derogatory. Applied to music (with punning allusion to pricksong n.). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Evij^v Yng. For me thynkyth it seruyth for no thyng, All suche peuysh prykyeryd song. Hu. Pes man pryksong may not be dispysyd.

c. Listening attentively; attentive, alert.

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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective]

carefulc1050

soignous1340

mindfula1382

tentivec1386

presentc1395

attendant1432

tendable?c1450

advicefulc1454

thoughtyc1480

neara1500

respective1525

heedful1548

heedy1548

prick-eared?1550

attendable1552

attentive1577

tentible1603

observative1609

unpreoccupied1643

advertent1646

presential1652

inspectivea1684

tent1789

attentful-

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adjective]

wakerc1000

watchingOE

wakingc1175

wakerlyc1400

circumspect1430

vigilant?a1500

prick-eared?1550

invigilant1570

vigil?1576

wakeful1589

eyeful1594

open-eyed1601

argus-eyed1603

watchful1603

alert1618

awake1619

vigilant1655

guardful1749

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > alert

warec1000

erect1544

present1548

prick-eared?1550

open-eyed1565

erecteda1586

wakened1609

arrect1646

alerta1728

downc1770

wide awake1785

brighta1819

noticing1820

featy1844

undreamy1848

yary1855

?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 141 b These prycke eared prynces myghte truste those vowers, as hawkes made to theyr handes.

1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. sig. E2 Ielousie is prick-eard, and will heare the waging of a haire.

1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 184 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. The prick-eared Acuteness of that trim and smug saying.

1837 C. G. F. Gore Mary Raymond in Times 25 Dec. 3/5 The prick-eared excitement of the capering cur, the purring joy of grimalkin, on scenting her approaching dinner.

1897 S. S. Sprigge Life of T. Wakley I. 500 A prick-eared public official.

1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King vii. 54 In prick-eared alertness, the horses stood with heels ready to lash at the dogs.

1989 N. Cave And Ass saw Angel iii. 188 Ah would lurk by her window, prick-eared for the creak of bedsprings and the rustle of starched bedding prelusive to the flimmering lamplight.

2. †(a) Of a person: with ears made prominent as a result of the hair being short and close-cropped (this being a style favoured by Puritan supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War). Obsolete. (b) Puritanical, priggish. Also in more general derogatory use (esp. as prick-eared knave). Now archaic and rare.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [adjective]

precise1560

Puritant1580

puritan1588

disciplinarian1591

disciplinary1591

pure1598

puritanical1598

puritanian1601

puritanic1606

kneeless1631

prick-eared1641

precisianicala1652

Catharistic1838

perfectionistic1884

hot-gospelling1891

Patarene1902

wowserish1933

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [adjective] > types of ear > having

crop-eared1530

slouch-eared1556

well-hung1611

round-eared1615

prick-eared1641

nick-eared1834

tip-eared1880

thick-lugged1922

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper

moy1487

strait-laced1554

mima1586

prim1702

prick-eared1707

prudish1717

priggish1731

primsy1786

trig1793

missish1795

missy1805

pershittie1808

missyish1818

missy-like1831

primmy1857

pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857

antiseptic1891

blue-nosed1893

prissy1894

Nice Nelly1922

prissified1923

prunes and prismy1931

1641 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 482 The said Captain Hide said,..that they were a company of prick eared and cropt eared Rascals, and that he would believe a Papist before a Puritan.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Prickear'd Fellow, a Crop, whose Ears are longer than his Hair.

1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 21 Nov. (1886) II. 74 These Prickear'd, starch, sanctify'd Fellows.

1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 25 I adore the Simplicity of the Antients! How unlike the present, priggish, prick-eard Puppies!

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose viii. 108 I have not a little interest both to make these godly dames renew their patriotic gift, and the prick-eared knaves, their husbands, open their purses.

1860 Littell's Living Age 24 Mar. 743/1 He'd better not come home drunk as he did the last time, a prick-eared knave!

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. ii. xvi. 283 Fred Vincy had called Lydgate a prig, and now Mr Chichely was inclined to call him prick-eared.

1937 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 24 39 The prick-eared knaves should, therefore, ‘be made to feel Southern steel and smell Southern powder’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prick-eared
释义	prick-earedadj. Brit. /ˈprɪkɪəd/, U.S. /ˈprɪkˌɪ(ə)rd/ Forms: see prick n. and eared adj.¹ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prick n., eared adj.¹ Etymology: Apparently < prick n. (compare prick n. 7a) + eared adj.¹ Compare later prick adj., prick ear n., pricked adj.¹ 3, prick v. 27. In sense 1b punningly after pricksong n. 1. a. Of an animal, esp. a dog: having erect ears. Also occasionally in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having ears > having prick-ears prick-eareda1425 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > having specific type parts sawinga1398 prick-eareda1425 well hanged1592 curtal1599 well-hung1611 unwormeda1625 uncropped1802 undocked1802 ring-tailed1821 apple-headed1854 gay1894 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > of cereal plants > having ears or in the ear eareda1398 eary1578 spiked1601 prick-eared1922 a1425 in W. H. Hulme Middle-Eng. Harrowing of Hell (1907) p. xxv (MED) The horss hath..propertes..of a fox..prik-eryd, fayr-sided, schorte trottyng, and a litell hed. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 328 (MED) At hys feete lay a prykeryd curre. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxi^v The nyne properties of a foxe. The firste is to be pricke eared: the seconde to be lytell eared. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 85 The prickeard foxe should send tis noble grace. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. i. 39 What dost thou push, thou prickeard cur of Iseland. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 366 By this..you may make any laue-eard Horsse, to be as pricke eard..& comly, as any other Horse whatsoeuer. 1657 H. Crompton Pierides xvii. 25 His judgement's blinded, and he thinks amiss, Like prick-ear'd Midas. 1711 E. Ward Life & Notable Adventures Don Quixote iv. xiv. 264 Sancho should his Ass bestride... Don Quixote Hors'd in Armour Clad, And Sancho on his prick-ear'd Pad. 1794 C. Hassall Gen. View Agric. Carmarthen 37 The farmers appear not sufficiently attentive to the breed of swine—a narrow, short, prick-eared kind, is observable in most parts of the country. a1804 J. Mather Songs (1862) xix. 24 That bird and ass that paid the score, Bug, prick-ear'd Sam, and many more. 1836 Times 16 Jan. 3/2 The animal was of the prick-eared breed, and was killed last week. a1873 S. Wilberforce Ess. (1874) I. 45 Any prick-eared tree-inhabiting monkey. 1922 E. Blunden Shepherd 81 From the young corn the prick-eared leverets stare At strangers come to spy the land. 1940 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Georgics i. 25 The dangers of showery spring, When the prick-eared harvest already bristles along the plains. 1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock xvii. 212 Often known abroad as the Yorkshire, it [sc. the Large White] is a prick-eared, long-bodied white pig which seems to have arisen from crosses of various breeds onto the large local race. †b. derogatory. Applied to music (with punning allusion to pricksong n.). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Evij^v Yng. For me thynkyth it seruyth for no thyng, All suche peuysh prykyeryd song. Hu. Pes man pryksong may not be dispysyd. c. Listening attentively; attentive, alert. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective] carefulc1050 soignous1340 mindfula1382 tentivec1386 presentc1395 attendant1432 tendable?c1450 advicefulc1454 thoughtyc1480 neara1500 respective1525 heedful1548 heedy1548 prick-eared?1550 attendable1552 attentive1577 tentible1603 observative1609 unpreoccupied1643 advertent1646 presential1652 inspectivea1684 tent1789 attentful- the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adjective] wakerc1000 watchingOE wakingc1175 wakerlyc1400 circumspect1430 vigilant?a1500 prick-eared?1550 invigilant1570 vigil?1576 wakeful1589 eyeful1594 open-eyed1601 argus-eyed1603 watchful1603 alert1618 awake1619 vigilant1655 guardful1749 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > alert warec1000 erect1544 present1548 prick-eared?1550 open-eyed1565 erecteda1586 wakened1609 arrect1646 alerta1728 downc1770 wide awake1785 brighta1819 noticing1820 featy1844 undreamy1848 yary1855 ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 141 b These prycke eared prynces myghte truste those vowers, as hawkes made to theyr handes. 1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. sig. E2 Ielousie is prick-eard, and will heare the waging of a haire. 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 184 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. The prick-eared Acuteness of that trim and smug saying. 1837 C. G. F. Gore Mary Raymond in Times 25 Dec. 3/5 The prick-eared excitement of the capering cur, the purring joy of grimalkin, on scenting her approaching dinner. 1897 S. S. Sprigge Life of T. Wakley I. 500 A prick-eared public official. 1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King vii. 54 In prick-eared alertness, the horses stood with heels ready to lash at the dogs. 1989 N. Cave And Ass saw Angel iii. 188 Ah would lurk by her window, prick-eared for the creak of bedsprings and the rustle of starched bedding prelusive to the flimmering lamplight. 2. †(a) Of a person: with ears made prominent as a result of the hair being short and close-cropped (this being a style favoured by Puritan supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War). Obsolete. (b) Puritanical, priggish. Also in more general derogatory use (esp. as prick-eared knave). Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [adjective] precise1560 Puritant1580 puritan1588 disciplinarian1591 disciplinary1591 pure1598 puritanical1598 puritanian1601 puritanic1606 kneeless1631 prick-eared1641 precisianicala1652 Catharistic1838 perfectionistic1884 hot-gospelling1891 Patarene1902 wowserish1933 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [adjective] > types of ear > having crop-eared1530 slouch-eared1556 well-hung1611 round-eared1615 prick-eared1641 nick-eared1834 tip-eared1880 thick-lugged1922 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper moy1487 strait-laced1554 mima1586 prim1702 prick-eared1707 prudish1717 priggish1731 primsy1786 trig1793 missish1795 missy1805 pershittie1808 missyish1818 missy-like1831 primmy1857 pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857 antiseptic1891 blue-nosed1893 prissy1894 Nice Nelly1922 prissified1923 prunes and prismy1931 1641 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 482 The said Captain Hide said,..that they were a company of prick eared and cropt eared Rascals, and that he would believe a Papist before a Puritan. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Prickear'd Fellow, a Crop, whose Ears are longer than his Hair. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 21 Nov. (1886) II. 74 These Prickear'd, starch, sanctify'd Fellows. 1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 25 I adore the Simplicity of the Antients! How unlike the present, priggish, prick-eard Puppies! 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose viii. 108 I have not a little interest both to make these godly dames renew their patriotic gift, and the prick-eared knaves, their husbands, open their purses. 1860 Littell's Living Age 24 Mar. 743/1 He'd better not come home drunk as he did the last time, a prick-eared knave! 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. ii. xvi. 283 Fred Vincy had called Lydgate a prig, and now Mr Chichely was inclined to call him prick-eared. 1937 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 24 39 The prick-eared knaves should, therefore, ‘be made to feel Southern steel and smell Southern powder’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1425
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