ticklish
TICKLISH
PROP. qui titillatu facile movetur: *titillationis minime patiens.
Figuratively (a) Of persons excitable; e.g. he is very ticklish on that point *hac re facile offenditur. (b) Of things lubricus et anceps (nice critical dangerous): difficilis (difficult to manage).
PROP. qui titillatu facile movetur: *titillationis minime patiens.
Figuratively (a) Of persons excitable; e.g. he is very ticklish on that point *hac re facile offenditur. (b) Of things lubricus et anceps (nice critical dangerous): difficilis (difficult to manage).
ticklish:
I. Lit.: expr. by verb.
II. Fig.: lubrĭcus: boyhood is a t. age, (puerilis) aetas maxime l., Cic. Verr. 5, 52, 137: v.SLIPPERY , DANGEROUS . Phr.: a t. situation, res trepidae, Sall. J. 91: saltus damni (com.), Pl. Men. 5, 6, 30.
I. Lit.: expr. by verb.
II. Fig.: lubrĭcus: boyhood is a t. age, (puerilis) aetas maxime l., Cic. Verr. 5, 52, 137: v.