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kittle

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Definition of kittle

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, transitive)To tickle, to touch lightly.
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verb

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, transitive)To tickle, to touch lightly.
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive)To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.

adj

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland)Ticklish.
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland)Not easily managed

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Arkansas, United States.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A village in Pennard community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5789).

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Etymology

From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (“to stick, jab,…

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From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (“to stick, jab, tickle”). Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kilde and perhaps Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to sting, bite”), but note that many such words are sound-symbolic. Compare tickle.

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