pricky

English

Etymology

prick +‎ -y

Adjective

pricky (comparative prickier, superlative prickiest)

1. Stiff and sharp; prickly.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XIX.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

     Prickie moreover it [Soap-wort] is like a thorne.

References

• “pricky”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.