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Webster 1913 Edition

Ticklish

Tic′klish

,
Adj.
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.
2.
Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally
ticklish
?
Barrow.
3.
Difficult; nice; critical;
as, a
ticklish
business
.
Surely princes had need, in tender matters and
ticklish
times, to beware what they say.
Bacon.
–
Tic′klish-ly
,
adv.
–
Tic′klish-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ticklish

TICK'LISH

,
Adj.
Sensible to slight touches, easily tickled. The bottom of the foot is very ticklish,as are the sides. The palm of the hand, hardened by use, it not ticklish.
1.
Tottering; standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily moved or affected.
Ireland was a ticklish and unsettled state.
2.
Difficult; nice; critical; as, these are ticklish times.

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