urchin
urc·hin
noun
1.
poor and often mischievous city child
Origin
From Middle English yrchoun, irchoun (“hedgehog; sea urchin”), from Old Northern French irechon, from Vulgar Latin *ērīciōnem, from Latin ērīcius. Compare modern French hérisson, whence the English doublet herisson.
Phrases
- cake urchin
- heart urchin
- keyhole urchin
- sea urchin
- street urchin
- urchin barren
- urchin fish
- wheel urchin
Related words
Broader terms
Narrower terms
WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.