tickyadj.
/ˈtɪki/ Full of or infested by ticks.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with insects > with other insects
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mosquitoish1880
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 270 He [a turkey] becomes..craven and crest-fallen, emaciated and ticky.
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adj.1831- to conceive well, ill, etc of
- to concern oneself about
- to concern oneself etc
- to concern oneself in
- to concern oneself with
- to condemn to straw
- to condemn, or send, to the galleys
- to condescend upon
- to conduce to
- to conduct, guide a person's steps
- to conduct, guide, hold, keep, possess, rule, steer, turn the stern
- to confer notes
- to confess and avoid
- to confide in
- to confine oneself to
- to conjoin in marriage
- to conjoin into marriage
- to conjoin to marriage
- to conjure up
- to connect the dots
- to consider away
- to consider good
- to consider of
- to consign etc to the ashcan
- to consign etc to the ashcan of history