touchousadj.

Brit.

/ˈtʌtʃəs/, U.S.

/ˈtətʃəs/, Caribbean English

/ˈtʌtʃʌs/

Forms:

α. 1600s 1800s– touchous, 1800s tetchus (U.S. regional), 1800s touchis (English regional (northern)), 1800s touchus (English regional (northern)).

β. 1600s 1900s– toucheous.

γ. English regional (northern) 1800s tochious, 1800s touchious.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: touch n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < touch n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier touchy adj.With β. and γ. forms compare -eous suffix and -ious suffix.

Now chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland) and Caribbean.

Touchy, irritable, easily offended.Only in regional use from the 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective]

stomaching1579

pepper-nosed1580

ticklish1581

touchy1602

sensible1613

touchousa1618

tender1641

tickly1661

indigestive1670

snuffy1678

huffy1680

snuffish1689

sorea1694

mifty1699

resentive1710

sensitive1735

uppish1778

miffish1790

miffy1810

stomachy1825

porcupinish1829

insultable1841

offensible1846

highty-tighty1847

prickly1853

fuffy1858

piquable1860

offendable1864

raw1864

ear-sore1865

uffish1871

porcupiny1890

feisty1896

ticklish-tempered1897

toey1930

a1618 E. Gee Two Serm. (1620) ii. 44 So nice and touchous are men become, that they cannot endure the smallest wrongs.

1655 Turne over behold & Wonder sig. B2 He that is toucheous, tasty, washpish, froward, And fretfull, hasty, every way untoward.

1800 Sceptic 8 Caloric, however, being hasty, touchous and passionate, sometimes acts rather eccentrically.

1867 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro xxv. 190 By the time I got home, however, I was very cross and touchous.

1895 J. T. Clegg Stories, Sketches, & Rhymes in Rochdale Dial. 332 It's quare heaw touchous empty-yeaded folk are abeaut bein thought foos.

1933 C. Miller Lamb in Bosom iv. 28 The ill-temper worked in her body like a slow fever... Lonzo called her toucheous.

1960 H. Lee To kill Mockingbird viii. 72 He said Atticus was still touchous about us and the Radleys and it wouldn't do to push him away.

1973 N.Y. Times 3 June l19/1 [In the Caribbean] an overly sensitive person is ‘touchous’, not touchy.

2005 S. A. Jackson Every Bad Thing Mama ever said 91 ‘He's touchous,’ she said. ‘Has some sensitive nerves.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	touchous
释义	touchousadj. Brit. /ˈtʌtʃəs/, U.S. /ˈtətʃəs/, Caribbean English /ˈtʌtʃʌs/ Forms: α. 1600s 1800s– touchous, 1800s tetchus (U.S. regional), 1800s touchis (English regional (northern)), 1800s touchus (English regional (northern)). β. 1600s 1900s– toucheous. γ. English regional (northern) 1800s tochious, 1800s touchious. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: touch n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < touch n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier touchy adj.With β. and γ. forms compare -eous suffix and -ious suffix. Now chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland) and Caribbean. Touchy, irritable, easily offended.Only in regional use from the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective] stomaching1579 pepper-nosed1580 ticklish1581 touchy1602 sensible1613 touchousa1618 tender1641 tickly1661 indigestive1670 snuffy1678 huffy1680 snuffish1689 sorea1694 mifty1699 resentive1710 sensitive1735 uppish1778 miffish1790 miffy1810 stomachy1825 porcupinish1829 insultable1841 offensible1846 highty-tighty1847 prickly1853 fuffy1858 piquable1860 offendable1864 raw1864 ear-sore1865 uffish1871 porcupiny1890 feisty1896 ticklish-tempered1897 toey1930 a1618 E. Gee Two Serm. (1620) ii. 44 So nice and touchous are men become, that they cannot endure the smallest wrongs. 1655 Turne over behold & Wonder sig. B2 He that is toucheous, tasty, washpish, froward, And fretfull, hasty, every way untoward. 1800 Sceptic 8 Caloric, however, being hasty, touchous and passionate, sometimes acts rather eccentrically. 1867 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro xxv. 190 By the time I got home, however, I was very cross and touchous. 1895 J. T. Clegg Stories, Sketches, & Rhymes in Rochdale Dial. 332 It's quare heaw touchous empty-yeaded folk are abeaut bein thought foos. 1933 C. Miller Lamb in Bosom iv. 28 The ill-temper worked in her body like a slow fever... Lonzo called her toucheous. 1960 H. Lee To kill Mockingbird viii. 72 He said Atticus was still touchous about us and the Radleys and it wouldn't do to push him away. 1973 N.Y. Times 3 June l19/1 [In the Caribbean] an overly sensitive person is ‘touchous’, not touchy. 2005 S. A. Jackson Every Bad Thing Mama ever said 91 ‘He's touchous,’ she said. ‘Has some sensitive nerves.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1618
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