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vellication

vellication noun: an instance of tickling or minor irritation.

Noun

vellication (plural vellications)

  1. An instance of tickling or minor irritation.
    • Where irritation coincides with sensation to produce the same catenations of motion, as in inflammatory fevers, they are excited with still greater energy than by the irritation alone. So when children expect to be tickled in play, by a feather lightly passed over the lips, or by gently vellicating...1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia
    • The sense of itching, which may be defined a painful titillation local or general, relieved by rubbing, is commonly a result of some mechanical or morbit irritant applied externally or internally to the part affected; though sometimes, unquestionable, dependenat upon a morbid sensibility of the...1825, John Mason Good, The Study of Medicine, Volume 4
  2. A spasm or twitch.
    • Dear Madam, I think it long ſince I wrote, and ſometimes venture to hope that you think it long too. The intermiſſion has been filled with ſpaſms, opiates, ſleepleſs nights, and heavy days. Theſe vellications or my breaſt ſhorten my breath; whether they will much ſhorten my life I know not, but I...1783, Samuel Johnson, Letter CCCXXXIV (to Mrs Susannah Thrale)

vellication meaning in Tamil

vellication in Tamil

திடீர்ச் சுரிப்பு, வெட்டிழுப்பு, சுருக்கெனக் கவனமீர்த்தல்

Examples of vellication in a sentence

  • If the summit of the nerves or their extreme points be alone touched, the effect is tickling or titillation, as in the vellication of the skin by a feather.1825, John Mason Good, The Study of Medicine, Volume 4:
  • Theſe vellications or my breaſt ſhorten my breath; whether they will much ſhorten my life I know not, but I have been for ſome time paſt very comfortleſs.1783, Samuel Johnson, Letter CCCXXXIV (to Mrs Susannah Thrale):

Forms of vellication

pluralvellications

Origin of vellication

From vellicate + -ion.

Questions about vellication

What does vellication mean?
Vellication means an instance of tickling or minor irritation.
What is vellication in Tamil?
Vellication in Tamil is திடீர்ச் சுரிப்பு, வெட்டிழுப்பு, சுருக்கெனக் கவனமீர்த்தல். See Vellication meaning in Tamil.
How do you use vellication in a sentence?
If the summit of the nerves or their extreme points be alone touched, the effect is tickling or titillation, as in the vellication of the skin by a feather.
What part of speech is vellication?
Vellication is a noun.
What is the plural of vellication?
The plural of vellication is vellications.

Words near vellication in the dictionary

  1. vellet
  2. vellicate
  3. vellicated
  4. vellicates
  5. vellicating
  6. vellication
  7. vellications
  8. vellicative
  9. vellichor
  10. vellie
  11. vellies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vellication (page history and authors); vellication (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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