"touchous" meaning in English

See touchous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more touchous [comparative], most touchous [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English touch Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English touchous From touch + -ous. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|touch|-ous|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English touch Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English touchous [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ōsus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-us", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ous", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ous", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "touchous", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="touchous"> From touch + -ous. Head templates: {{en-adj}} touchous (comparative more touchous, superlative most touchous)
  1. (rare, US, regional, chiefly Southern) Touchy; overly sensitive. Tags: Southern, US, rare, regional
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "touch",
        "4": "-ous",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish touch\nLatin -ōsus\nOld French -usbor.\nMiddle English -ous\nEnglish -ous\nEnglish touchous\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ōsus\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-us\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-ous\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ous\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"touchous\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"touchous\">\nFrom touch + -ous.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish touch\nLatin -ōsus\nOld French -usbor.\nMiddle English -ous\nEnglish -ous\nEnglish touchous\nFrom touch + -ous.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more touchous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most touchous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "touchous (comparative more touchous, superlative most touchous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ous",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Don't be so touchous about everything!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "He said Atticus was still touchous about us and the Radleys and it wouldn't do to push him any.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Touchy; overly sensitive."
      ],
      "id": "en-touchous-en-adj-CxOh2SZt",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "Touchy",
          "touchy"
        ],
        [
          "sensitive",
          "sensitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, US, regional, chiefly Southern) Touchy; overly sensitive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Southern",
        "US",
        "rare",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "touchous"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "touch",
        "4": "-ous",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish touch\nLatin -ōsus\nOld French -usbor.\nMiddle English -ous\nEnglish -ous\nEnglish touchous\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ōsus\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-us\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-ous\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ous\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"touchous\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"touchous\">\nFrom touch + -ous.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish touch\nLatin -ōsus\nOld French -usbor.\nMiddle English -ous\nEnglish -ous\nEnglish touchous\nFrom touch + -ous.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more touchous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most touchous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "touchous (comparative more touchous, superlative most touchous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries referencing missing etymons",
        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ed- (smell)",
        "English terms suffixed with -ous",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Regional English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Don't be so touchous about everything!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "He said Atticus was still touchous about us and the Radleys and it wouldn't do to push him any.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Touchy; overly sensitive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "Touchy",
          "touchy"
        ],
        [
          "sensitive",
          "sensitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, US, regional, chiefly Southern) Touchy; overly sensitive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Southern",
        "US",
        "rare",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "touchous"
}

Download raw JSONL data for touchous meaning in English (2.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (ade7ec3 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.