solleticare
Italian
Etymology
Probably from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin root *subtitillicāre (through a later metathesized form *subliticare), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tītillō. An alternative theory is metathesis from sollicitāre.[1]
Verb
solleticare
- (transitive) To tickle, flush
- (transitive) To whet, arouse or tease.
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “solleticare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati