What is meant by the term "prickly person"?

Question: What is meant by the term "prickly person"!?

i found it in a text about Leonardo da Vinci!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.

So what do his machines tell us about the man!? "He was a prickly person," Luigi said!. "I would have hated to be his employee!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Prickly can mean several different things coming from different people and the meaning will usually vary from person to person!. Prickly could have meant touchy, irritable, or easily bothered!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Prickly person - latest dictionary says see Bill O'Reilly!

Or is that asshole!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Someone who gets angry quickly and often gives unfriendly responses at the slightest provocation!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

very irritable, not very pleasant!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It means a person that is a p rick!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

a pain in the neck!. hard to please people!.Www@QuestionHome@Com