† ticklenessn.
Obsolete.
The quality or state of being tickle; insecurity, instability; critical situation, precariousness; inconstancy; uncertainty.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > insecurity > precariousness
ticklenessc1390
kittleness1578
ticklishness1583
touchiness1649
staggeringa1661
precariousness1666
criticalness1794
precarity1910
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > weakness, instability
ticklenessc1390
infirmness1596
precariousness1666
weakness1686
shakiness1862
ricketiness1867
rockiness1897
wonkiness1982
c1390 G. Chaucer Truth 3 Suffise þin owen þing þei it be smal For horde haþe hate & Clymbyng tykelnesse [v.rr. tekil-, tikul-].
1549 in P. F. Tytler Eng. under Edward VI & Mary (1839) I. 232 (modernized text) Weighing as well the state of the things above, as also the tickleness of the country.
a1625 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 182 I found such tickleness in the performance of such charges, that..my prayers will be full of fear.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 137 According to the tickleness of its lodging in the machina mundi.
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