Ticklishness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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