Hypertext Webster Gateway: "touchy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Touchy \Touch"y\, a. [For techy, tetchy.]
Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.
[Colloq.]
It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy
about personal attacks. --Saintsbury.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
touchy
adj 1: quick to take offense [syn: {huffy}, {thin-skinned}]
2: irritable and looking for trouble; "too touchy to make
judicious decisions" [syn: {feisty}]
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