Etymology

tingly

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Today it means: Producing or feeling tingles. Full definition →

First used late 19th c.
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The story

From tingle + -y.

First known use, by meaning

  • from late 19th c. Producing or feeling tingles.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.