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

The pointed, cutting, mocking sentences laugh and dance through his pages like light-toed, prick-eared elves.

From Landmarks in French Literature by Strachey, Giles Lytton

P. C. Robinson had revealed himself by many a covert glance and prick-eared movement.

From The Postmaster's Daughter by Tracy, Louis

"She ain't all greyhound; but the best man as ever I knew always said there never was a prick-eared one a bad 'un."

From The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary by Runciman, James

Mrs. Hughes' Wolverley Duchess and Wolverley Jock were excellent types of what a prick-eared Skye should be.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert