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onion-skinned

onion-skinned adjective: overly sensitive.

Adjective

onion-skinned (not comparable)

  1. (Philippines) overly sensitive

Origin of onion-skinned

Calque of Tagalog balat-sibuyas.

Questions about onion-skinned

What does onion-skinned mean?
Onion-skinned means overly sensitive.
What part of speech is onion-skinned?
Onion-skinned is an adjective.

Words near onion-skinned in the dictionary

  1. onion volcano
  2. onion volcanoes
  3. onion volcanos
  4. onion-seed
  5. onion-seeds
  6. onion-skinned
  7. onion-y
  8. onioned
  9. onionet
  10. onionets
  11. oniongrass

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