ticklish
/ˈtɪk(ə)lɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
Example Sentences
- "She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet."
- "That was the funeral oration of one friend and client; and he could not help a certain apprehension lest the good name of another should be sucked down in the eddy of the scandal. It was, at least, a ticklish decision that he had to make; and self-reliant as he was by habit, he began to cherish a longing for advice."
- "Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English tickle Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English ticklish From tickle + -ish.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈtɪk(ə)lɪʃ/
Inflected Forms
more ticklish (comparative)
most ticklish (superlative)