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touchinesses

touchinesses is the plural of touchiness.

Meaning of touchiness

Noun

touchiness (usually uncountable, plural touchinesses)

  1. (usually) The property of being touchy.
    • The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9

Questions about touchinesses

What is touchinesses the plural of?
Touchinesses is the plural of touchiness.

Words near touchinesses in the dictionary

  1. touchier
  2. touchiest
  3. touchily
  4. touchin'
  5. touchiness
  6. touchinesses
  7. touching
  8. touching a nerve
  9. touching and going
  10. touching ball
  11. touching balls

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