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touchous

touchous adjective: touchy; overly sensitive.

Adjective

touchous (comparative more touchous, superlative most touchous)

  1. (Southern, US, rare, regional) Touchy; overly sensitive.
    • Don't be so touchous about everything!
    • He said Atticus was still touchous about us and the Radleys and it wouldn't do to push him any.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Forms of touchous

comparativemore touchous
superlativemost touchous

Origin of touchous

From touch + -ous.

Questions about touchous

What does touchous mean?
Touchous means touchy; overly sensitive.
What part of speech is touchous?
Touchous is an adjective.

Words near touchous in the dictionary

  1. touchlogger
  2. touchloggers
  3. touchlogging
  4. touchmark
  5. touchmarks
  6. touchous
  7. touchpad
  8. touchpads
  9. touchpan
  10. touchpanel
  11. touchpanels

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