TICKLISH

ticklish. Ticklish, a. easily tickled, uncertain, critical

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Tic″klish (?), a. 1. 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.
2. 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish? Barrow. 3. 3. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say. Bacon. — Tic″klish‐ly, adv. — Tic″klish‐ness, n.