porcupinish en · ADJ
Etymology
From porcupine + -ish.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Resembling or characteristic of a porcupine or its spines; defensive, prickly.
He is described as prickly and porcupinish, but obviously gets beyond this stage of irritability.
1971, Phyllis Greenacre, Emotional Growth, page 475: