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vellicatio

vellĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [vellico],
  • a plucking, twitching; trop., a twitting, taunting (post-Aug.): cum non tantum lacerationes, sed etiam vellicationes effugerit, Sen. Vit. Beat. 5, 3; id. Ira, 3, 43, 5.

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