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Etymology

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hedgehoggy +‎ -ness

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛd͡ʒhɒɡɪnəs/

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hedgehogginess (uncountable)

  1. Hedgehoggy behaviour or character; disagreeability; prickliness.
    • 1858, Motley, Corr., volume I, published 1889, page 266:
      ‘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.

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