Definition of Prickliest

1. Adjective. (superlative of prickly) ¹

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Definition of Prickliest

1. prickly [adj] - See also: prickly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prickliest

pricketh
prickets
prickier
prickiest
pricking
prickings
prickle
prickle-weed
prickle cell
prickleback
pricklebacks
prickled
prickles
pricklice
pricklier
prickliest
prickliness
pricklinesses
prickling
pricklouse
prickly
prickly-seeded spinach
prickly ash
prickly custard apple
prickly heat
prickly lettuce
prickly oak
prickly pear
prickly pear cactus
prickly pears

Literary usage of Prickliest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"... that she might, if possible, shrink away from the prickliest of tuckers, while her mother was remonstrating, " Don't, Maggie, my dear—don't look so ugly ..."

2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"... frowning and twisting her shoulders, that she might if possible shrink away from the prickliest of tuckers, while her mother was remonstrating, " Don't, ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"... shoulder on the youths who buzzed about her like contending bumble-bees on a Canada thistle, prickliest and most delicate of its tribe. ..."

4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1878)
"... he hardly could be more tenderly treated or beloved than before this adventure; but if the freshest water, the prickliest furze,—if bowls of sour milk ..."

5. The Story of Perugia by Margaret Symonds, Lina Duff Gordon (1898)
"... and in doing so he took for models the sharpest and the prickliest fruits and leaves of autumn : hazel nuts and tiny fir cones, their points just tipped ..."

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