ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Prickliness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈpɹɪklɪnəs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Prickliness is a noun meaning The state or quality of being prickly.

Meaning

The state or quality of being prickly.

Example Sentences

The sharp prickliness of its finnes.
A Thistle…assuming a new Form, and without any prickliness.
Closer inspection disclosed the furious and impossible prickliness of their surface.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prickishness, priggishness, bristliness, spikiness, pinchedness, prissiness.

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