hedgehoggy

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English

Etymology

From hedgehog +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛd͡ʒhɒɡi/

Adjective

hedgehoggy (comparative more hedgehoggy, superlative most hedgehoggy)

(informal) Of the nature of a hedgehog: externally repellent; difficult to get on with.
- 1858, Motley, Corr., volume I, published 1889, page 266:
  ‘Why is it that we English, when we meet abroad, are so very friendly, and when we reappear in London are so very hedgyhoggy?’ I told her that the reason why there was no hedgehogginess on this occasion was because I was not an Englishman.
- 1866, Ruskin, Eth. Dust, published 1883, page 101:
  So your hedgehoggy readers roll themselves over and over their Bibles, and declare that whatever sticks to their own spines is Scripture.
- 1882, Spurgeon, Chr. World Pulpit, volume XXII, page 163:
  Get near some of those dear hedgehoggy brethren, and go and make a pillow of them.

Derived terms

hedgehogginess

Translations

of the nature of hedgehogs

Further reading

James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Hedgehoggy, a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 189, column 1.

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