Prickish
adj, slang
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 having the characteristics of a prick; being unpleasant, rude or annoying. informal, vulgar
"The lost cause of psychoanalysis, so infused with a non-intellectual bias, dominated by partisan interests, and characterized by a stunning degree of ill-will and prickish behaviour, has finally made way for a new cause – actually an old one – that of rigorous, informed scholarship."
Example
More examples"The lost cause of psychoanalysis, so infused with a non-intellectual bias, dominated by partisan interests, and characterized by a stunning degree of ill-will and prickish behaviour, has finally made way for a new cause – actually an old one – that of rigorous, informed scholarship."
Etymology
From prick + -ish.
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