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Definition of Ticklishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ticklishness
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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