kittle verb². ['kɪt(ǝ)l] Now Scot. & north. M16.
[Perh. back-form. from KITLING, but cf. Norwegian kjetla in same sense.]
1. verb intrans. = KITTEN verb. M16.

2. verb intrans. & trans. (in pass.). Be engendered or produced; come into being. E19.

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kittle adjective. ['kɪt(ǝ)l] Orig. Scot. & north. M16.
[from KITTLE verb¹.]
Ticklish (lit. & fig.); difficult to deal with or manage; risky, precarious; capricious, rash, erratic in behaviour.
kittle cattle (people who or animals which are) capricious, rash, or erratic in behaviour; (things which are) difficult to use or deal with.

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kittle verb¹ trans. ['kɪt(ǝ)l] Now dial. (chiefly Scot.).
[Old English (in kitelung noun) corresp. to Old Saxon kitilon (Dutch kittelen), Old High German kizzilōn (German kitzeln), Old Norse kitla, from Germanic: superseded in Middle English by forms from Old Norse.]
1. Tickle, touch as if tickling (a person or thing). OE.

2. Stimulate, excite, rouse, please. ME.

3. Puzzle with a question etc., perplex. E19.

■ kittly adjective (Scot.) ticklish; causing a tickling sensation; difficult, puzzling: E19.

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