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Meaning and definition for "prickly" word

[adjective] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"
[adjective] very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
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\Prick"ly\, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. {Prickly ash} (Bot.), a prickly shrub ({Xanthoxylum Americanum}) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is {X. Carolinianum}. --Gray. {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in hot weather. {Prickly pear} (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the cactaceous genus {Opuntia}, American plants consisting of fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds. The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is {Opuntia vulgaris}. In the South and West are many others, and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {O. vulgaris}, {O. Ficus-Indica}, and {O. Tuna} are abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and {O. Dillenii} has become common in India. {Prickly pole} (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings of long black prickles. {Prickly withe} (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant ({Cereus triangularis}) having prickly, slender, climbing, triangular stems. {Prickly rat} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of South American burrowing rodents belonging to {Ctenomys} and allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp spines.

Synonyms for prickly

armed, barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, ill-natured, spiny, splenetic, thorny, waspish

The fun area, different aproach to word »prickly«

Let's analyse "prickly" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 14.3% of vowels is 24.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YLKCIRP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1885 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: prickly: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 (or 7 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: prickly: 7 + 9 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 7 = 40, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
C (1) 3 Empress Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
I (1) 9 Hermit Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
K (1) 11 Justice Charismatic, Quick, Leader, Bold
L (1) 12 Hanged Man Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
P (1) 16 Tower Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong
Y (1) 25 Knight of Wands Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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