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untoucht

untoucht is the obsolete form of untouched.

Meaning of untouched

Adjective

untouched (comparative more untouched, superlative most untouched)

  1. Remaining in its original, pristine state, undamaged; not altered.
    • There are practically no untouched forests left in Europe.
  2. Not eaten.
    • He left his vegetables untouched.
  3. Not influenced, affected or swayed.
    • She was untouched by his tale of woes.
  4. Not having come in contact.
    • Our chocolates are untouched by human hands.
    Synonyms:
    unhandled
  5. Not read or examined.
    • He was about to open one of the scrolls, when Francesca took them from his hand. "Nay, Guido, we will not read them: there are some letters never meant but for one eye, and such are these. This packet shall be given untouched into Lord Avonleigh's"—she corrected her words—"into my father's own...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 165
  6. Not discussed or talked about.
    • Politics was an untouched topic in our family.

Forms of untoucht

comparativemore untoucht
superlativemost untoucht

Origin of untoucht

From un- + toucht.

Questions about untoucht

What is untoucht the obsolete form of?
Untoucht is the obsolete form of untouched.

Words near untoucht in the dictionary

  1. untouchedly
  2. untouchedness
  3. untouches
  4. untouching
  5. untouchingly
  6. untoucht
  7. untouchy
  8. untough
  9. untoughened
  10. untourable
  11. untoured

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untoucht (page history and authors); untouched (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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