titillate

English

Etymology

From Latin tītillātus, from tītillō, tītillāre (“to tickle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪtɪleɪt/

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Verb

titillate (third-person singular simple present titillates, present participle titillating, simple past and past participle titillated)

1. To stimulate or excite sensually

   The dancer titillated her audience with gyrations and suggestive movements.

Derived terms

• titillating

Related terms

• titillation

Translations

to excite pleasantly

• Bulgarian: вълнувам (bg) (vǎlnuvam), задоволявам (bg) (zadovoljavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挑逗 (zh) (tiǎodòu), 刺激 (zh) (cìji)

• Finnish: kutkuttaa (fi), kiihottaa (fi)
• French: titiller (fr)
• German: anregen (de), erregen (de)
• Romanian: stimula (ro), excita (ro), gâdila (ro), stârni (ro)
• Russian: возбуждать (ru) (vozbuždatʹ)
• Spanish: titilar (es)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

titillate

1. inflection of titillare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

titillate f pl

1. feminine plural of titillato

Latin

Verb

tītillāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of tītillō