titillate

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
titillate /ˈtɪtɪleɪt/

▶verb

• 1 excite or interest, especially through sexually suggestive images or words.

• 2 archaic lightly touch; tickle.

– derivatives
titillating adjective,
titillatingly adverb,
titillation noun.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as titillation): from L. titillat-, titillare ‘tickle’.