щекотливый

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Russian

Etymology

щекота́ть (ščekotátʹ) +‎ -ли́вый (-lívyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

щекотли́вый (ščekotlívyj) (comparative (по)щекотли́вее or (по)щекотли́вей)

  1. delicate, touchy (requiring great circumspection and tact)
    щекотли́вое положе́ниеščekotlívoje položénijedelicate/touchy situation
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XV, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Го́сти бесе́довали о пого́де и о новостя́х с ви́дом люде́й, прише́дших по щекотли́вому де́лу и не зна́ющих, как приступи́ть к нему́.
      Gósti besédovali o pogóde i o novostjáx s vídom ljudéj, prišédšix po ščekotlívomu délu i ne znájuščix, kak pristupítʹ k nemú.
      The visitors talked about the weather and various bits of news, with the look of people who had come upon a delicate affair and did not know how to approach it.
  2. (colloquial) ticklish
  3. (dated) extremely scrupulous

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