ticklesome

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English

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Etymology

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From tickle +‎ -some.

Adjective

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ticklesome (comparative more ticklesome, superlative most ticklesome)

  1. Tickly, sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
    • 1920, Joseph Crosby Lincoln, "Shavings": a novel, New York & London: D. Appleton and company, page 376:
      But I shouldn't like to have him walk on me. He'd be so—so tickelsome.