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prickle

UK/ˈpɹɪkəl/ uncommon obsolete uk
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

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verb

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make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn

  • “The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample”
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Origin

From Middle English prykkyl, prykyl, from Old English pricel, pricels, pricle (“a prickle, sharp point, bit”), from a conflation of Proto-West Germanic *prikislī and *prikil (“prickle”). By surface analysis, prick + -le. Cognate with West Frisian prikel (“goad, prickle”), Dutch prikkel (“sting, prickle, stimulus”), German Low German Prekel (“wooden stick, poker”), Saterland Frisian prikkelje (“to propel, spur on, goad”). First attested in the Old English period.

Phrases

  • prickle cell

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