Definition of Ticklishness

1. Noun. The property of being ticklish. ¹

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Definition of Ticklishness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ticklishness

ticklenburg
ticklenburgs
tickleness
tickler coil
tickler file
ticklers
tickles
ticklier
tickliest
tickling
ticklingly
ticklings
ticklish
ticklishly
ticklishness (current term)
ticklishnesses
tickly
tickmark
tickmarks
ticks
ticks off
tickseed sunflower
tickseeds
ticktack
ticktacked
ticktacking
ticktacks
ticktacktoe

Literary usage of Ticklishness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies in the Psychology of Sex by Havelock Ellis (1905)
"ticklishness—Its Origin and Significance—The Psychology of ... There is, however, one form of touch sensation—that is to say, ticklishness—which is of so ..."

2. Sexual Selection in Man: Touch, Smell, Hearing, Vision by Havelock Ellis (1905)
"Both modesty and ticklishness may be said to be characters which are no longer ... From this point of view the general ticklishness of the skin is a kind of ..."

3. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"The several forms of special irritability exhibited by the peripheral endings of sensory nerves known as ticklishness, seem to have attracted the attention ..."

4. Census Use Study: Report by United States Bureau of the Census, Caby C. Smith (1894)
"On the Anthropological Significance of ticklishness. By Louis ROBINSON, MD The ticklishness which is so marked in children, and which is associated with ..."

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