Definition of Herisse

1. bristled [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herisse

heretrix
heretrixes
hereunder
hereunto
hereuntofore
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
heried
heries
herile
heriot
heriotable
heriots
herisse (current term)
herisson
herissons
heritabilities
heritability
heritable
heritably
heritage
heritages
heritance
heritor
heritors
heritour
heritours
heritrices

Literary usage of Herisse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Imaginary Conversations by Walter Savage Landor (1883)
"Tout herisse de grec, tout bouffi d'arrogance. ... The idea of herisse de grec arose, I presume, from the sharp and slender forms of the Greek letters as we ..."

2. Annual Register by Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Edmund Burke (1890)
"Two days later (July 13) M. Le herisse attempted to recommence the game of obstruction, but he was promptly censured and temporarily excluded; ..."

3. The Tatler by Joseph Addison, Alexander Chalmers, Richard Steele (1822)
"... de sa vaine science, Tout herisse de Grec, tout bouffi d'arrogance. Et qui de mille auteurs retenus mot pour mot, ..."

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