Definition of "touchiness" [touch•i•ness]

• The property of being touchy (noun)

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• "There is a disease called "touchiness" -- a disease which, in spite of its innocent name, is one of the gravest sources of restlessness in the world."
• ""touchiness" -- a disease which, in spite of its innocent name, is one of the gravest sources of restlessness in the world."
• "Perhaps it's the subject - people seem to get rather touchy about it, a convenient kind of touchiness though."