URCHIN


Meaning of URCHIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈər-chən ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English yrchoun, urchoun, from Anglo-French heriçun, hirechoun, from Old French * eriz, from Latin ericius, from eris; akin to Greek chēr hedgehog

Date: 14th century

1. archaic : hedgehog 1a

2. : a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster

street urchin s

3. : sea urchin

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.