porcupinish

English

Etymology

porcupine +‎ -ish

Adjective

porcupinish (not comparable)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a porcupine or its spines; defensive, prickly.
   • 1971, Phyllis Greenacre, Emotional Growth, page 475:

     He is described as prickly and porcupinish, but obviously gets beyond this stage of irritability.