ticklesomeness

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noun

The state or condition of being ticklesome; ticklishness.

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Meanings

nounticklesomeness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being ticklesome; ticklishness.

    Jinny had called on her way to church, and the missing end of the white feather, after being licked of its ticklesomeness, was now in her safe keeping.

    1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 69

Origin

From ticklesome + -ness.

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Chicago

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