touchous

adj

touchous

adj

Etymology From touch + -ous.

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:

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