"gigil" meaning in English

See gigil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more gigil [comparative], most gigil [superlative]
Etymology: From the Tagalog. Head templates: {{en-adj}} gigil (comparative more gigil, superlative most gigil)
  1. The state of having an intense emotion in response to something cute or charming. Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-gigil-en-adj-mtjcTV5o Disambiguation of Emotions: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 13 6 31 3 3 32 11

Noun

Forms: gigils [plural]
Etymology: From the Tagalog. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gigil (countable and uncountable, plural gigils)
  1. Intense emotion in response to something cute or charming. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-gigil-en-noun-2ZlLt5Me Disambiguation of Emotions: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Inflected forms

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