Tick'lish, a.
a. 1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the bottom of the foot is very ticklish; the palm of the hand, hardened by use, is not ticklish.
Sense 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily moved or affected.
Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish? Barrow.
Sense 3. Difficult; nice; critical.
Surely princes had need, in tender matter and ticklish times, to beware what they say. Bacon.