Obs. rare. [f. TRICK sb. or v. + -LE 1 (as in brittle), but apparently influenced by TICKLE a.] Tricky, treacherous; ticklish; requiring caution; TRICKY a. 2.
1579. Spenser, Sheph. Cal., July, 14. In humble dales is footing fast, The trode is not so trickle [v.r. tickle].
1594. Willobie, Avisa (1880), 136. Such trickle trades procure a suddaine fall.
Hence † Trickleness. Obs. rare–1.
a. 1618. J. Davies, Wittes Pilgr. (Grosart), 45/2. O Time … That neuer mou’st, but dost my Sences moue To mind thy flight, and this lifes trickelnesse.
