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touchy

/tˈʌtʃi/ やや難 頻度 7278位

意味

  1. (人が)怒りっぽい,神経過敏な
  2. (物事が)取り扱いにくい,めんどうな

語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

A variant of earlier tetchy (“cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle”), under influence from some senses of touch (“affect, disturb”) and simulating touch + -y.

出典: Wiktionary「touchy」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

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