kittle

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: kit=tle

CIDE DICTIONARY

kittle, v. i. [Cf. Kit a kitten.].

 To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.  [1913 Webster]

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

 To tickle.  Halliwell. Jamieson.  [1913 Webster]

kittle, a. 

 Ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable.  Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

kittle, adj. (also kittle-cattle)
1 (of a person) capricious, rash, or erratic in behaviour.
2 difficult to deal with.

Etymology

ME (now Sc. & dial.) kittle tickle, prob. f. ON kitla