/prik"eard'/ , adj.
1. having the ears upright and pointed: a prick-eared dog.
2. Brit.
a. Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short.
b. Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads.
c. Archaic. priggish.
[ 1375-1425; late ME ]