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Middle English
- yrichon, irchoun, urchoun, hirchoun, irchouon, irchun, hirichoun, urcheon, yrchon, urchun, hyrchyn, urchen, urchon
Etymology
From Old Northern French irechon, herichun, from Vulgar Latin *ērīciōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(h)irˈt͡ʃuːn/, /ˈ(h)irt͡ʃun/, /ˈ(h)urt͡ʃun/, /-in/
Noun
yrchoun (plural yrchouns)
- hedgehog (mammal of the family Erinaceidae or similar animal)
- sea urchin; echinoderm
- (rare, cooking) A stuffed pig with almond or pastry "spikes".
Descendants
References
- “irchǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- James Orchard Halliwell (1846) “HURCHEON”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, , →OCLC, page 469, column 2.