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stickery

stickery

8.6
Covered in small sharp points that can prick or scratch your skin
  • adjective
  • /ˈstɪkəri/
translation icon : espinoso
  • The stickery surface of the cactus can prick you.

Examples

  • She avoided the stickery bushes along the path to prevent getting pricked.

  • Be careful when walking through the stickery field, as the plants can scratch your legs.

  • The dog's fur was full of stickery seeds after our hike in the woods.

  • Is that stickery surface safe?

  • Be careful when walking through the stickery field, as the plants can scratch your legs.

  • She avoided the stickery bushes along the path to prevent getting pricked.

  • The dog's fur was full of stickery seeds after our hike in the woods.

How Prickly

spiky
16 3.3
stickery
8.6

Surface Forms

stickery positive

Morphology

stickery = sticker (semi-transparent) = stick + er + y

Formed from 'sticker' + '-y', but the sense 'covered with small sharp points' depends on a less common noun sense of 'sticker' (thorn/prick) that many learners may not know.

Etymology

Stickery comes from the word stick ('a small sharp piece or thorn') and the ending -ery, which gives the idea of 'full of' or 'having' something. So stickery describes things that are 'full of little points that can prick or scratch', like plants that catch on your legs.