touchous
English
Etymology
touch + -ous
Adjective
touchous (comparative more touchous, superlative most touchous)
- (rare, US, regional, chiefly Southern) touchy; overly sensitive
- 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
- He said Atticus was still touchous about us and the Radleys and it wouldn't do to push him any.
- 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird