urchin

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 336 words | Copyright

ur·chin / ˈərchin/ • n. 1. a mischievous young child, esp. one who is poorly or raggedly dressed. ∎ archaic a goblin. 2. short for sea urchin. ORIGIN: Middle English hirchon, urchon ‘hedgehog,’ from Old Northern French herichon, based on Latin hericius ‘hedgehog.’

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