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    Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.[Colloq.]It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personalattacks. Saintsbury.

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      A person who:
      a)is sensitive
      b)takes things personally/literally.
      c)a person who can't take a joke

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        touch•y/ˈtəCHē/Adjective

        (of a person) Someone who is oversensitive or abnormally irritable: “Rusty busted an old man’s hip after he referred to his phone as a toy”.
        (of an issue or situation) Must be handled with kid gloves; delicate topic: “Rusty’s phone company placed a data limit on his account”.

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          When a person [gets] [curious] of something and they [touch it].

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            Easily upset or offended; oversensitive.

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