urchin
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.ur·chin
noun \ˈər-chən\Definition of URCHIN
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archaic : hedgehog 1a
2
: a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster <street urchins>
3
See Examples of URCHIN
- <we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy>
Origin of URCHIN
Middle English yrchoun, urchoun, from Anglo-French heriçun, hirechoun, from Old French *eriz, from Latin ericius, from eris; akin to Greek chēr hedgehog
First Known Use: 14th century
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