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touchy
[
tuhch
-ee
]
Origin
touch·y
/
ˈtʌtʃ
i
/
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[
tuhch
-ee
]
Show IPA
adjective,
touch·i·er,
touch·i·est.
1.
apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable:
He is very touchy when he's sick.
2.
requiring caution, tactfulness, or expert handling; precarious; risky:
a touchy subject; a touchy situation.
3.
sensitive to touch.
4.
easily ignited, as tinder.
Origin:
1595–1605;
variant of
techy
,
by association with
touch
Related forms
touch·i·ly,
adverb
touch·i·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
testy, irascible, edgy, snappish, cranky.
See
irritable.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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World English Dictionary
touchy
(ˈtʌtʃɪ)
—
adj
,
touchier
,
touchiest
1.
easily upset or irritated; oversensitive
2.
extremely risky
3.
easily ignited
'touchily
—
adv
'touchiness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
touchy
"too sensitive," 1605, perhaps an alt. of
tetchy
(q.v.) infl. by
touch
(v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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