adj
Meaning 1
Ticklish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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Standard Lemma guide
kittle
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Not easily managed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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Synonyms: troublesome, difficult, variable
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Arkansas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A village in Pennard community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5789).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
To tickle, to touch lightly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
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History
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, 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.
From Middle English kitelen, from Old Norse kjetla (“to bring forth young”), equivalent to kit + -le.