hedgehogginess

/ˈhɛd͡ʒhɒɡɪnəs/

Etymology

From hedgehoggy + -ness.

hedgehogginess means Hedgehoggy behaviour or character; disagreeability; prickliness. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.

noun

Hedgehoggy behaviour or character; disagreeability; prickliness.“‘Why is it that we English, when we meet abroad, are so very friendly, and when we reappear in London are so very hedgyhoggy?’ I told her that the reason why there was no hedgehogginess on this occasion was because I was not an Englishman.”