prickyadj.

Brit.

/ˈprɪki/, U.S.

/ˈprɪki/

Forms: 1500s–1600s prickie, 1500s– pricky, 1600s preckie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prick n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < prick n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier pricked adj.² and later prickly adj.With pricky-back n. at Compounds compare slightly earlier prick-a-back, which may suggest a different etymology (perhaps < prick n. + a prep.¹+ back n.¹):1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 134 Prick-a-back urchin, the prickly hedge-hog.

Having pricks, prickles, or spines; prickly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adjective]

thornenc897

thornyc1000

armeda1398

pikeda1398

thornish1426

pricky1548

prickly1577

prickled1578

spiky1578

sharp-set1601

spiny1604

senticous1657

aculeous1658

spinous1668

spineal1688

spinose1693

aculeate1753

spinescent1793

aculeolate1818

aciculated1819

spinulose1819

spinulescent1836

spinulous1846

thorned1895

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. B.iij^v It [sc. Asparagus] maye be called in englishe pricky Sperage, because it is all full of pryckes.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xxvii. 485 The whiche beareth rough and prickie buttons.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. iii. 9 A prickie stalke it [sc. Madder] hath of the owne.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. iii. 10 Prickie moreover it [sc. Soap-wort] is like a thorne.

1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. ii. ii. 52 A blew Viscid spitting, and a lixivial Urine, with a pricky lateritious Sediment.

1792 W. Perks Youth's Gen. Introd. Guthrie's Geogr. 361 The pricky knots upon the leaves serve for nails.

1861 A. Wood Class Bk. Bot. 406 Wild Teasel..angled and pricky.

1883 Overland Monthly Apr. 376/2 There was discovered, under a tangle of pricky bushes and cacti, a solitary little plant.

1928 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 30 Apr. 1/1 The porcupine has his pricky protection.

2001 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 27 Sept. 1 Are there pricky bushes outside the window?

Compounds

pricky-back n. English regional (northern) (a) (more fully pricky-back urchin) a hedgehog; cf. pricky urchin n.; (b) rare = prickleback n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > species aculeatus (three-spined stickleback)

banstickle1483

prickleback1747

three-spined stickleback1769

prickly-back1862

pricky-back1864

1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 219 Next I kenned 'twere a prickyback.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (ed. 2) 75/1 Pricky back, the stickleback or thornback fish.

1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 356 Ah seed yan o' them pricky-back otch'ns a bit sen.

1995 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 26 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 18 Is there a better word for a hedgehog than a ‘prickyback’, or for diarrhoea than ‘scutters’?

pricky urchin n. English regional (northern) = pricky-back n. (a). Now rare.

ΚΠ

1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 337 Pricky Urchin,..the hedge hog.

1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Word Holderness 110 Pricky-otshun, the hedgehog.

1886 M. Peacock Tales & Rhymes Lindsey Folk-speech 114 That was a pricky-otchin.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 232/1 Pricky-'Otchen, the hedgehog.

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

单词	pricky
释义	prickyadj. Brit. /ˈprɪki/, U.S. /ˈprɪki/ Forms: 1500s–1600s prickie, 1500s– pricky, 1600s preckie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prick n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < prick n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier pricked adj.² and later prickly adj.With pricky-back n. at Compounds compare slightly earlier prick-a-back, which may suggest a different etymology (perhaps < prick n. + a prep.¹+ back n.¹):1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 134 Prick-a-back urchin, the prickly hedge-hog. Having pricks, prickles, or spines; prickly. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adjective] thornenc897 thornyc1000 armeda1398 pikeda1398 thornish1426 pricky1548 prickly1577 prickled1578 spiky1578 sharp-set1601 spiny1604 senticous1657 aculeous1658 spinous1668 spineal1688 spinose1693 aculeate1753 spinescent1793 aculeolate1818 aciculated1819 spinulose1819 spinulescent1836 spinulous1846 thorned1895 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. B.iij^v It [sc. Asparagus] maye be called in englishe pricky Sperage, because it is all full of pryckes. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xxvii. 485 The whiche beareth rough and prickie buttons. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. iii. 9 A prickie stalke it [sc. Madder] hath of the owne. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. iii. 10 Prickie moreover it [sc. Soap-wort] is like a thorne. 1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. ii. ii. 52 A blew Viscid spitting, and a lixivial Urine, with a pricky lateritious Sediment. 1792 W. Perks Youth's Gen. Introd. Guthrie's Geogr. 361 The pricky knots upon the leaves serve for nails. 1861 A. Wood Class Bk. Bot. 406 Wild Teasel..angled and pricky. 1883 Overland Monthly Apr. 376/2 There was discovered, under a tangle of pricky bushes and cacti, a solitary little plant. 1928 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 30 Apr. 1/1 The porcupine has his pricky protection. 2001 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 27 Sept. 1 Are there pricky bushes outside the window? Compounds pricky-back n. English regional (northern) (a) (more fully pricky-back urchin) a hedgehog; cf. pricky urchin n.; (b) rare = prickleback n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > species aculeatus (three-spined stickleback) banstickle1483 prickleback1747 three-spined stickleback1769 prickly-back1862 pricky-back1864 1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 219 Next I kenned 'twere a prickyback. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (ed. 2) 75/1 Pricky back, the stickleback or thornback fish. 1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 356 Ah seed yan o' them pricky-back otch'ns a bit sen. 1995 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 26 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 18 Is there a better word for a hedgehog than a ‘prickyback’, or for diarrhoea than ‘scutters’? pricky urchin n. English regional (northern) = pricky-back n. (a). Now rare. ΚΠ 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 337 Pricky Urchin,..the hedge hog. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Word Holderness 110 Pricky-otshun, the hedgehog. 1886 M. Peacock Tales & Rhymes Lindsey Folk-speech 114 That was a pricky-otchin. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 232/1 Pricky-'Otchen, the hedgehog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548
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