urchin

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 350 words | Copyright

urchin hedgehog XIII; (dial.) deformed person XVI; mischievous youngster; little fellow, brat. ME. urchon, beside yrichon (XIII), hirchon, irchoun — ONF. herichon, *ir(e)chon, *urchon, vars. of OF. heriçon (mod. hérisson):- Rom. *hēriciō, -ōn-, f. L. hērīcius, late form of ērīcius hedgehog.

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