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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtɪk(ə)lɪʃ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ticklish.wav Forms: more ticklish [comparative], most ticklish [superlative]
Etymology: From tickle + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tickle|ish}} tickle + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} ticklish (comparative more ticklish, superlative most ticklish)
  1. Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled. Translations (sensitive or susceptible to tickling): 驚𢸣 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 惊𢸣 (kiaⁿ-ngiau) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 畏𢸣 (ùi-ngiau) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 驚某 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 惊某 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 怕癢 (Chinese Mandarin), 怕痒 (pàyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 怕老婆 (pàlǎopó) (Chinese Mandarin), lechtivý (Czech), kietelig (Dutch), kõdikartlik (Estonian), kutiava (Finnish), kutiaa (note: in some cases a verb structure used intead of adj.) (Finnish), chatouilleux (French), chatouillou (Gallo), kitzlig (German), kitzelig (German), csiklandós (Hungarian), kitlinn (Icelandic), cigilteach (Irish), solleticoso (Italian), くすぐったい (kusuguttai) (Japanese), tītillōsus (Latin), kitlen (Norwegian Nynorsk), łaskotliwy (Polish), coceguento (Portuguese), cosquento [Brazil, informal] (Portuguese), чувстви́тельный к щеко́тке (čuvstvítelʹnyj k ščekótke) (Russian), боя́щийся щеко́тки (bojáščijsja ščekótki) (Russian), голѝцав [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), шка̀кљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), голѝцљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), golìcav [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), škàkljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), golìcljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), cosquilloso (Spanish), kittlig (Swedish), maligawgaw (Tagalog), який боїться лоскотки (jakyj bojitʹsja loskotky) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Touchy, sensitive, or delicate. Translations (delicate): щекотлив (štekotliv) (Bulgarian), деликатен (delikaten) (Bulgarian), choulostivý [masculine] (Czech), ožehavý [masculine] (Czech), citlivý [masculine] (Czech), netelig (Dutch), arkaluontoinen (Finnish), herkkä (Finnish), brenzlig (German), heikel (German), kitzlig (German), kényes (Hungarian), viðkvæmur (Icelandic), cigilteach (Irish), щекотли́вый (ščekotlívyj) (Russian), делика́тный (delikátnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ticklish-en-adj-J2ZK19Jc Disambiguation of 'delicate': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ticklishly, ticklishness
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          "roman": "ùi-ngiau",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
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          "word": "畏𢸣"
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          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "惊某"
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          "word": "怕癢"
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          "roman": "pàyǎng",
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          "word": "怕痒"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "怕老婆"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "kietelig"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "kõdikartlik"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "kutiava"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "kutiaa"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "chatouilleux"
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          "word": "chatouillou"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "csiklandós"
        },
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "kitlinn"
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "cigilteach"
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "solleticoso"
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          "roman": "kusuguttai",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "くすぐったい"
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "tītillōsus"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "kitlen"
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "łaskotliwy"
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "coceguento"
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cosquento"
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čuvstvítelʹnyj k ščekótke",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "чувстви́тельный к щеко́тке"
        },
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bojáščijsja ščekótki",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "боя́щийся щеко́тки"
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "голѝцав"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
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          "word": "шка̀кљив"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
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          "word": "голѝцљив"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "golìcav"
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          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
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          "word": "cosquilloso"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
          "word": "maligawgaw"
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "jakyj bojitʹsja loskotky",
          "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
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          "ref": "1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 162:",
          "text": "Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko.",
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          "ref": "2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):",
          "text": "The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.",
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          "word": "herkkä"
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          "sense": "delicate",
          "word": "viðkvæmur"
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          "sense": "delicate",
          "word": "cigilteach"
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          "sense": "delicate",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Gallo translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hokkien translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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          "text": "Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko.",
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          "text": "The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.",
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "驚𢸣"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "kiaⁿ-ngiau",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "惊𢸣"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "ùi-ngiau",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "畏𢸣"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "驚某"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "惊某"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "怕癢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pàyǎng",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "怕痒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pàlǎopó",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "怕老婆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "lechtivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "kietelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "kõdikartlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "kutiava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "in some cases a verb structure used intead of adj.",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "kutiaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "chatouilleux"
    },
    {
      "code": "roa-gal",
      "lang": "Gallo",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "chatouillou"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "kitzlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "kitzelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "csiklandós"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "kitlinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "cigilteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "solleticoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kusuguttai",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "くすぐったい"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "tītillōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "kitlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "łaskotliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "coceguento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "cosquento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čuvstvítelʹnyj k ščekótke",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "чувстви́тельный к щеко́тке"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bojáščijsja ščekótki",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "боя́щийся щеко́тки"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "голѝцав"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "шка̀кљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "голѝцљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "golìcav"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "škàkljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "golìcljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "cosquilloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "kittlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "word": "maligawgaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jakyj bojitʹsja loskotky",
      "sense": "sensitive or susceptible to tickling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "який боїться лоскотки"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "štekotliv",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "щекотлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "delikaten",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "деликатен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "choulostivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ožehavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "citlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "netelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "arkaluontoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "herkkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "brenzlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "heikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "kitzlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "kényes"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "viðkvæmur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "cigilteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščekotlívyj",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "щекотли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "delikátnyj",
      "sense": "delicate",
      "word": "делика́тный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ticklish"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kiaⁿ-bó͘ vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "ticklish"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "ticklish",
  "trace": ""
}

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