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Etymology

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From porcupine +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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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.