touchiness

English

Etymology

From touchy +‎ -ness.

Noun

touchiness (usually uncountable, plural touchinesses)

1. The property of being touchy.
   • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:

     The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.

Translations

the property of being touchy

• Czech: vztahovačnost (cs) f
• Finnish: herkkätunteisuus (fi), arkatunteisuus
• Irish: íogaireacht f, drisíneacht f
• Italian: ombrosità f, suscettibilità (it) f, permalosità (it) f, spigolosità f

Anagrams

• cushionets, couthiness