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hedgehogginess

noun
/ˈhɛd͡ʒhɒɡɪnəs/

Etymology

From hedgehoggy + -ness.

  1. inherited from heyghoge
  2. suffixed as hedgehoggy — “hedgehog + y”
  3. suffixed as hedgehogginess — “hedgehoggy + -ness”

Definitions

  1. Hedgehoggy behaviour or character

    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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA