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kittlest

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kit⋅tle

[kit-l] verb, -tled, -tling, adjective, -tler, -tlest. British Dialect
–verb (used with object)
1. to tickle with the fingers; agitate or stir, as with a spoon.
2. to excite or rouse (a person), esp. by flattery or strong words.
–adjective
3. ticklish; fidgety.
4. requiring skill or caution; precarious.

Origin:
1475–85; earlier kytylle, ketil (cf. ME kitellinge (ger.), late OE kitelung); c. MHG kützeln; akin to ON kitla, G kitzeln to tickle
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