pricky

adj

adj

Etymology From prick + -y.

Stiff and sharp; prickly.

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

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