See Also: prick-eared(medicine)
prick-eared(dictionary)
eared(2)(dictionary)
eared(1)(dictionary)
bat-eared fox(encyclopedia)
dog-eared(dictionary)
Eared(medicine)
tulip-eared(medicine)
sharp-eared(dictionary)
prick(2)(dictionary)

prick-eared (iou)



prick-eared adjective. LME.
[from PRICK noun & adjective + EARED adjective1.]
Of an animal, esp. a dog: having erect pointed ears. LME.
b. fig. Of a person or animal: listening attentively, alert. M16.
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: M17.