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ticklesomeness

ticklesomeness noun: the state or condition of being ticklesome; ticklishness.

Noun

ticklesomeness (uncountable)

  1. The 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 of ticklesomeness

From ticklesome + -ness.

Questions about ticklesomeness

What does ticklesomeness mean?
Ticklesomeness means the state or condition of being ticklesome; ticklishness.
What part of speech is ticklesomeness?
Ticklesomeness is a noun.

Words near ticklesomeness in the dictionary

  1. tickles the ear
  2. tickles the ivories
  3. tickles the ivory
  4. tickles the wire
  5. ticklesome
  6. ticklesomeness
  7. tickless
  8. ticklest
  9. tickleth
  10. ticklier
  11. tickliest

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