prick-eared

American  

[prik-eerd] / ˈprɪkˌɪərd /

adjective

1. having the ears upright and pointed.

   a prick-eared dog.

2. British.

   1. Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short.

   2. Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads.

   3. Archaic. priggish.

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Etymology

Origin of prick-eared

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

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prick-eared

A few years earlier, it was a group of Bedford, N.H., seventh-graders who brought a prick-eared, frizzy-coated breed known as the Chinook to the attention of that state’s legislature.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2012

Ginger, with head of flame, looking more bow-legged, prick-eared and pugnacious than ever, was a veritable pocket edition of the "Fighting Temeraire."

From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith

As his voice shrilled and quavered, Carlo Formaggia caught his own name and turned back to listen, prick-eared.

From Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett by Maurice Henry Hewlett

A female figure stood with its right foot on the neck of a very disagreeable beast, something like a pig, but prick-eared and hairy.

From Gossamer 1915 by George A. Birmingham

So when the seven o'clock assemblage came, and guests were ascending the steps of the governor's mansion, there also mounted a tall, slim youth, an easy-pacing Indian, and a prick-eared, yellow dog.

From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton