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

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

In the prick-eared variety the ears are carried erect, with very fine ear feathering, and the face fringe is long and thick.

From Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton

Only, as my memory drew it, it should have been peopled with strange figures-nymphs dancing on the sward, and a prick-eared faun peeping from the covert.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan

This ungraceful fashion was universal at the time, and partly led to the nicknames of roundheads, prick-eared curs, and so forth, which the insolence of the cavaliers liberally bestowed on their political enemies.

From A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott