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

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 Birmingham, George A.

The canine-feline creature was more than just a head; it was a loose-limbed, graceful body fully eight feet in length, and the red eyes in the prick-eared head were those of a killer....

From Voodoo Planet by Norton, Andre

He smiled at the keen look of alert, prick-eared attention which the other was still giving to that room!

From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

He was part collie, sharp-nosed and prick-eared, and his undersized little body still bore the marks of the precarious existence that had been his before Rathburn had befriended him.

From The Tangled Threads by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)