ticklesome en · ADJ
Etymology
From tickle + -some.
Meanings
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Tickly, sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
But I shouldn't like to have him walk on me. He'd be so—so tickelsome.
1920, Joseph Crosby Lincoln, "Shavings": a novel, New York & London: D. Appleton and company, page 376:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most ticklesome | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more ticklesome | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |