prickly sensation

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• prickly — adjective (pricklier; est) Date: 1578 1. full of or covered with prickles; especially distinguished from related kinds by the presence of prickles 2. marked by prickling ; stinging < a prickly sensation > 3. a. troublesome, vexatious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• prickly — prickliness, n. /prik lee/, adj., pricklier, prickliest. 1. full of or armed with prickles. 2. full of troublesome points: a prickly problem. 3. prickling; smarting: a prickly sensation. [1570 80; PRICKLE + Y1] * * * …   Universalium

• prickly — prick•ly [[t]ˈprɪk li[/t]] adj. li•er, li•est 1) full of or armed with prickles 2) full of troublesome points: a prickly problem[/ex] 3) prickling; smarting: a prickly sensation[/ex] 4) irritable; touchy • Etymology: 1570–80 prick′li•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

• prickly — 1570s, spiny, armed with prickles (originally of holly leaves), from PRICKLE (Cf. prickle) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Figurative sense of irritable first recorded 1862. Prickly heat is from 1736, so called for the sensation; prickly pear is from 1760 …   Etymology dictionary

• prickly — ► ADJECTIVE (pricklier, prickliest) 1) covered in or resembling prickles. 2) having or causing a prickling sensation. 3) ready to take offence …   English terms dictionary

• prickly — adjective 1 covered with prickles: Prickly brambles grew on either side of the path. 2 informal someone who is prickly gets annoyed or offended easily: Fiona s in a very prickly mood this morning. 3 something prickly makes you feel a small… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• prickly — adj. (pricklier, prickliest) 1 (esp. in the names of plants and animals) having prickles. 2 (of a person) ready to take offence. 3 tingling. Phrases and idioms: prickly heat an itchy inflammation of the skin, causing a tingling sensation and… …   Useful english dictionary

• prickly — adjective (pricklier, prickliest) 1》 covered in or resembling prickles.     ↘having or causing a prickling sensation. 2》 ready to take offence.     ↘liable to cause someone to take offence: a prickly subject. Derivatives prickliness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• prickly heat — Pathol. a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands. Also called heat rash. [1730 40, Amer.] * * *       a noncontagious skin eruption of red pimples with intense itching and… …   Universalium

• prickly heat — prick′ly heat′ n. pat a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands …   From formal English to slang

• prickly heat — /prɪkli ˈhit/ (say priklee heet) noun a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands …