Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ticklesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tick-le-some
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tickly, sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

Example Sentences

"But I shouldn't like to have him walk on me. He'd be so—so tickelsome."

Etymology

From tickle + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tickle

Inflected Forms

more ticklesome (comparative) most ticklesome (superlative)

Questions

What does ticklesome mean?: Tickly, sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
Where does ticklesome come from?: From tickle + -some.

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