touched

touched
   1. obsolete drunk
   A shortened form of touched with liquor and usually of mild drunkenness:
    In respect of her liquor-traffic, she was seen 'touched' about once a week. (Tweeddale, 1896)
   2. (in the head) of unsound mind
   Not necessary by the sun:
    The doctor gave me a woeful account of his absurdity and is of the opinion he is touched. (Bathurst, 1999)
    ... an uncle who had a passion for concrete dwarves... who his mother said was a bit touched in the head. (Sharpe, 1974)

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  • Touched — CD R Nadja Дата выпуска 2003 Жанр …   Википедия

  • touched — [tʌtʃt] adj [not before noun] 1.) feeling happy and grateful because of what someone has done touched by ▪ We were deeply touched by their present. touched that ▪ Cathryn was touched that Sarah had come to see her off. →↑touch1 (4) 2.) informal… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • touched — touched; un·touched; un·touched·ness; …   English syllables

  • touched — [ tʌtʃt ] adjective 1. ) feeling happy or emotional, for example because someone has been very kind, or because a situation is sad: He was touched by her care and concern. 2. ) INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED slightly crazy, in a harmless way …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • touched — [adj1] deeply moved emotionally affected, disturbed, grabbed*, impressed, melted*, softened, stirred, swayed, turned on by*, turned on to*, upset; concepts 403,542 Ant. unemotional, unmoved, untouched touched [adj2] crazy batty*, bizarre,… …   New thesaurus

  • touched — [tucht] adj. 1. emotionally affected; moved 2. slightly demented or unbalanced: also touched in the head …   English World dictionary

  • touched — index lunatic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • touched — (adj.) stirred emotionally, mid 14c., pp. adjective from TOUCH (Cf. touch) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Touched — Touch Touch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Touched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Touching}.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G. zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G. ziehen,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • touched — adjective (not before noun) 1 feeling happy and grateful because of someone s actions: We were deeply touched by their present. | touched that: Cathryn was touched that Sarah had come to see her off. see also: touch 1 (8) 2 informal slightly… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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