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kittle

ADJ ที่ ยุ่งยาก  awkward difficult ti-yuang-yak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KITTLE

v.t.To tickle. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KITTLE

Kit "tle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Kit a kitten. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ]

 

KITTLE

Kit "tle, v. t. Etym: [Cf. AS. citelian; akin to D. kittelen, G.kitzeln, Icel. kitla, Sw. kittla, kittsla, Dan. kildre. Cf. Tickle. ]

 

Defn: To tickle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [Written also kittel. ] Halliwell. Jamieson.

 

KITTLE

KITTLE Kit "tle, a.

 

Defn: Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

kittle

kit tle |ˈkitl kɪdl | adjective archaic difficult to deal with; prone to erratic behavior. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from kittle to tickle (now Scots and dialect ), probably from Old Norse kitla.

 

Oxford Dictionary

kittle

kittle |ˈkɪt (ə )l |(also kittle-cattle |ˈkɪt (ə )lkat (ə )l |) adjective archaic difficult to deal with; prone to erratic behaviour. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from kittle to tickle (now Scots and dialect ), probably from Old Norse kitla.