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ticklish

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tick⋅lish

  [tik-lish]
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–adjective
1. sensitive to tickling.
2. requiring careful or delicate handling or action; difficult or risky; dicey: a ticklish situation.
3. extremely sensitive; touchy: He is ticklish about being interrupted.
4. unstable or easily upset, as a boat; unsteady.
Origin:
1575–85; tickle + -ish 1

Related forms:
tick⋅lish⋅ly, adverb
tick⋅lish⋅ness, noun
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tick·lish   (tĭk'lĭsh)   
adj.  

  1. Sensitive to tickling.

  2. Easily offended or upset; touchy.

  3. Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate: a ticklish matter.

tick'lish·ly adv., tick'lish·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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