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ticklishness|ˈtɪklɪʃnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being ticklish: see the adj.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. lxxxii. 503 Besides yt ticklishnes which we haue alreadie of nature it pricketh vs forewarde to say why should not such a thing be good. 1598Florio, Gattorigole, ticklings, ticklishness. 1607Markham Caval. v. (1617) 24 His vncomelinesse onely proceedes from ticklishnesse, or delight which he takes in the friction. a1631Donne Lett. (1651) 355 You know the ticklishnesse of London-Pulpits. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. v. §116 Such was the ticklishness of the King's condition, that..it was not thought Counsellable at that time..to commit them to Prison. 1739Cheyne Regimen 200 (L.) We know by the ticklishness of the soles [of the feet] what a multitude of fine nervous fibres terminate in them. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. vi. (1849) 389 The difficulty and ticklishness of the times in which we live. 1905Longm. Mag. Feb. 360 The mare..was in high spirits, which demonstrated themselves by an affectation of extreme ticklishness, when a fly alighted on her shining flank. |