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–interjection
1.
Fencing
.
(an expression used to indicate a hit or touch.)
2.
(an expression used for acknowledging a telling remark or rejoinder.)
Origin:
1920–25;
< F: lit., touched
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touche
tou·ché
(tōō-shā')
interj. Used to acknowledge a hit in fencing or a successful criticism or an effective point in argument.
[French, from past participle of
toucher
,
to hit or wound in fencing
, from Old French
touchier
,
to touch
; see
touch
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
touché
1904, "exclamation acknowledging a hit in fencing," from Fr.
touché,
pp. of
toucher,
from O.Fr.
touchier
"to hit" (see
touch
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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