α. late Middle English titillacione, 1500s tityllacyon, 1500s–1700s titilation, 1500s– titillation, 1600s tittillation.
β. late Middle English tytulacyon, 1600s tittulation, 1600s–1700s titulation.
单词 | titillation |
释义 | titillationn.α. late Middle English titillacione, 1500s tityllacyon, 1500s–1700s titilation, 1500s– titillation, 1600s tittillation. β. late Middle English tytulacyon, 1600s tittulation, 1600s–1700s titulation. 1. The exciting or stimulating of the mind or senses, typically in a pleasing or gratifying way; (now often) spec. the arousal of mild sexual excitement or interest. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] likingeOE titillationc1450 enjoying1536 enjoyment1553 enjoy1589 taste1604 enjoyance1632 adlubescence1656 gratification1712 ooh-la-la1952 the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > titillation titillationc1450 tickling1548 titivation1914 c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies ii. ii, in Anglia (1885) 8 154 Wheþer she felte any titillacione of veynglorye of mennys preisynges. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvi. f. xxxvii/2 To resyste & wythstonde theyr tytulacyons [Fr. titilacions] and cauyllacyons as moche as we maye. 1538 Bp. J. Longland Serm. Good Frydaye sig. E.ivv They do serue this tabernacle, that doth lyue volupteously, carnally, fleshly, and fylthely: folowyng euery mocyon, euery tityllacyon and affectyon of the bodye. 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 23 Crowne my head with Bayes, Which..wantonly displayes The Salaminian titillations. 1602 T. Campion Obseruations Art Eng. Poesie sig. A7 The noble Grecians and Romaines..abandoning the childish titillation of riming. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 45 Then arises an inward titillation or contemplative delight. 1736 H. Walpole Let. 6 May in Lett. to G. Montagu (1818) 3 The season when first they felt the titillation of love. 1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. I. vii. 341 A certain sort of titillation, which is expressed externally by mirthful laughter. 1815 Morning Chron. 31 Mar. Instead of simple melodies, we have Bravuras, executed with such wantonness of ornament, as to limit our enjoyment to the mere titillation of the ear, without anything being intelligible to the understanding. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxi. 29 More or less pervaded by thrills and titillations from games of hazard. 1962 G. Vidal Rocking Boat 156 Bemused, one reads on, waiting for surprise or titillation. 1967 J. Barth Floating Opera (rev. ed.) iii. 37 Titillation at the idea of extra-marital sex. 2015 Times (Nexis) 16 May (Saturday review section) 44 The film..feels more like an exercise in titillation, so sexually explicit that it would be more at home on the Adult Channel. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > titillation > thing or person titillation1606 titillator1823 tickle1880 titivator1928 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe ii. sig. D3 Ladie hee will perfume you gloues him selfe; most dilicately, and giue them the right Spanish Titillation. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. iv. sig. I4 Your Spanish titillation in a Gloue [is] The best Perfume. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 246 I assure you sir, pure beniamin,..I frotted a jerkin, for a new-reuenu'd gentleman, yeelded me threescore crownes, but this morning, and the same titillation. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > tickling > [noun] kittlingc1000 tickling1423 titillation1615 vellication1623 tickle1801 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια vi. 355 Titillation is the cause of Laughter, when such a part is mooued as from which the affection may rise vp and fil the wings of the nose. 1624 P. Massinger Bond-man i. ii. sig. B2v These bristles giue the gentlest Tittillations. 1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue ii. ii. 176 Laughter provok'd by Titillation, grows an excessive pain. 1752 T. Simson Inq. Vital & Animal Actions i. 31 The gentle titillation of a feather, or the tickling of the smooth fingers upon the sound parts of the body. 1843 J. Abbott Narr. Journey Heraut to Khiva I. iii. 57 The chin has become so brittle, that a very slight titillation is painful. 1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 25 If it cannot be retracted by titillation or astringent applications, the exuberant portion must be clipped off. 1892 Country Gentleman 5 Nov. 1508/1 Mr. Burton Barber's familiar terrier is sitting up to be soothed by the titillation of a feather. 1926 Times 21 May 19/6 I offered the homage of a few carefully chosen words, and a delicate titillation of his chin. b. A sensation of being tickled or touched lightly; a feeling of discomfort arising from being tickled, chafed, scratched, etc.; a tingling, an itching. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > [noun] tickling1398 titillation1621 tickle1880 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > irritation > itching itching?c1225 pruritusa1400 prurity?a1425 yuke1551 yuking1562 prurit1612 titillation1621 prurigoa1646 pruriency1669 pruriencea1688 itchiness1834 yukiness1853 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. vi. 33 The fiue senses..Of Touching, Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Tasting: to which you may adde Scaligers sixt sense of Titillation, if you please. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. xv. 371 The Venome of the Tarantula..causeth an uncessent Titillation, or Itching joyned with great heat, in the nervous and musculous parts of mans body. 1700 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. conc. Search after Truth (ed. 2) I. i. xi. 28 Pain and Titillation are produc'd by Sensible Bodies, as by a Needle or a Feather. 1779 W. Dease Observ. Methods treating Venereal Dis. 27 A kind of titillation and sense of heat along the uretra, a few days after impure coition. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 276 The sense of Itching, which may be defined a painful titillation local or general, relieved by rubbing. 1891 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 12 Nov. 6/2 The swamp water..had an acrid taste that puckered the lips and produced an annoying titillation in the throat. 1904 J. L. Salinger tr. W. V. Leube Med. Diagnosis 739 [Epileptic aura] recurs in the same patient..and with the same symptoms, of which the following are the principal ones: Titillation, dragging pains, sensations of light and smell. 1983 S. Y. Tyree in S. A. Campbell Sampling & Anal. Rain 18 Those of you who use vinegar on salad..will have experienced the titillation of aqueous solutions with more acid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450 |
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