ticklish
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
ticklish (comparative more ticklish, superlative most ticklish)
- Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
- She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.
- Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, page 162:
- Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko.
- 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[1]:
- The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, page 162:
Derived terms
Translations
sensitive or susceptible to tickling
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delicate
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