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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ticklish \Tic"klish\, a.
1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole
of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the
hand is not ticklish. --Bacon.
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2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the
slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
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Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so
dismally ticklish? --Barrow.
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3. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
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Surely princes had need, in tender matters and
ticklish times, to beware what they say. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster] -- {Tic"klish*ly}, adv. --
{Tic"klish*ness}, n.
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