hedgehogginess en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɛd͡ʒhɒɡɪnəs/
Etymology
From hedgehoggy + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Hedgehoggy behaviour or character; disagreeability; prickliness.
‘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.
1858, Motley, Corr., volume I, published 1889, page 266:
Translations (1)
cy draenogrwydd (hedgehoggy behaviour or character)