ticklesomeadj.
/ˈtɪk(ə)lsəm/ 1. That tends to tickle; difficult, critical, delicate, precarious, ticklish. Now dialect.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or delicate
fine-fingered1549
brickle1568
kittle1568
tickle1569
delicate1574
trickle1579
chary1581
ticklesome1585
ticklish1591
jealous1600
tender1625
nicea1630
thorny1653
parlous1657
tricksy1835
niggling1851
tricky1868
catchy1874
pernickety1884
trickish1900
fiddly1926
footery1929
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > insecure > precarious
parlous1558
kittle1568
tickle1569
ticklesome1585
queasy1589
ticklish1591
climacterial1606
precipitious1613
touchy1620
climacterica1633
critical1669
precarious1687
touch and go1800
dicey1950
1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie ii. v. 343 Miserable is that man which placeth the ankor of his eternall wealth..vpon so ticklesome a point as this is.
1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. vi. 314 Hauinge moued such a matter.. in so dangerous and ticklesome a tyme.
1898 J. MacManus Bend of Road 200 Yis, marriage is a ticklesome subject.
2. ? Easily tickled; tickly; ticklish; suitable or fitted for tickling or laughter.
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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > [adjective]
tickly1530
tickle1534
ticklish1598
kittly1822
ticklesome1844
goosy1906
1844 Hood Let. to May Elliot Apr. in Wks. (1873) X. 404 I mean to come in my most ticklesome waistcoat, and to laugh till I grow fat.
1898 M. MacDonagh Irish Life xvii. 313 The man's so ticklesome that sorra a tailor in the counthry can..take his measure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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