urchin
urchin definition
ur·chin (ʉr′c̸hin)
noun
- Archaic a hedgehog
- sea urchin
- a small child, esp. a boy, who is poor, ragged, etc. and often mischievous or undisciplined
- Obsolete an elf
Etymology: ME irchoun < OFr heriçun < L ericius, hedgehog < er, hedgehog, for earlier *her < IE base *ĝher-, to bristle, be stiff > L horrere, to bristle, Gr chēr, porcupine
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