prick-eared adjective.
[prɪk'ɪǝd] LME.[from PRICK noun & adjective + EARED adjective1.]1. Of an animal, esp. a dog: having erect pointed ears.
LME.b. fig. Of a person or animal: listening attentively, alert.
M16.2. Of a person: having ears made conspicuous by the hair being cut short and close to the head, in a style favoured by Puritan supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War;
derog. puritanical, priggish. Cf.
crop-eared (b) s.v.
CROP noun.
arch. M17. ■ prick-ear noun (usu. in
pl.)
(a) an animal's, esp. a dog's, erect pointed ears;
(b) arch. a person's ear made conspicuous by the hair being cut short and close to the head:
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