tinglishadj.
/ˈtɪŋɡlɪʃ/, /ˈtɪŋɡl̩ɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈtɪŋɡ(ə)lɪʃ/ Experiencing a tingling sensation; of or characterized by tingling; (hyperbolically) exciting, thrilling; = tingly adj.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > titillating
tickling1558
titillating1677
titillative1700
titillatory1763
titivating1820
tinglish1855
titivatory1975
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles
plangent1666
dry1695
sticky1753
flat1755
spotty1798
touchy1809
definitive1815
edgy1825
painty1827
scratchy1827
unideal1838
tinglish1855
generalist1858
tinny1877
Christmas-cardy1883
tinty1883
surfacy1887
chocolate box1892
chocolate-boxy1894
Christmas card1895
juicy1897
candy box1898
pastose1901
busy1909
pompier1914
posterish1914
painterly1932
X-ray1940
illusional1942
all-over1948
figurative1960
hard-edge1961
1812 C. Dibdin Peep at Turkey in Heart of Oak 25 They make me rather tinglish, O, They strut about so kinglyish, O.
1849 Knickerbocker Aug. 155 It was like bottled sunshine to my constitushun, and sent a gleam of light all through me, with a peculiar tinglish sensation of the intestines.
1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence xxix, in Men & Women II. 44 For them the panels may thrill, The tempera grow alive and tinglish.
1951 Billboard 23 June 39/3 Her last dance in high-necked red tights was a tinglish affair worthy of the big applause it won.
2011 G. Bandervilt Gunther's Revenge viii. 64 My skin was feeling tinglish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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