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kittle

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kit·tle  (ktl) Scots
adj.
Touchy; unpredictable.
tr.v. kit·tled, kit·tling, kit·tles
1. To tickle; arouse.
2. To puzzle; perplex.
[From Middle English kitillen, to tickle, probably from Old English *citelian or from Old Norse kitla.]
kittle [ˈkɪtəl] Scot
adj
capricious and unpredictable
vb
1. to be troublesome or puzzling to (someone)
2. to tickle
[probably from Old Norse kitla to tickle]


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It was late at night, when, worn out and exhausted with his various exertions, however gratified with the result, Fitzurse, returning to the Castle of Ashby, met with De Bracy, who had exchanged his banqueting garments for a short green kittle, with hose of the same cloth and colour, a leathern cap or head-piece, a short sword, a horn slung over his shoulder, a long bow in his hand, and a bundle of arrows stuck in his belt.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
But it's a kittle thing to decide what folk'll bear, and what they will not.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Good Luck, she is never a lady, But the cursedest quean alive, Tricksy, wincing, and jady - Kittle to lead or drive.
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