different between excitable vs touchy

English

Etymology

From excite +? -able.

Adjective

excitable (comparative more excitable, superlative most excitable)

1. Easily excited

2. (physics) Able to be promoted to an excited state

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin excitab?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.si.tabl/

Adjective

excitable (plural excitables)

1. excitable

Further reading

• “excitable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin exc?t?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /e?s?i?table/, [e??s.?i?t?a.??le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /e?si?table/, [e??.si?t?a.??le]

Adjective

excitable (plural excitables)

1. excitable

Related terms

• excitar
• excitabilidad

Further reading

• “excitable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From a later variant of tachy, techy, teachie, tetchy, simulating touch +? -y. More at tetchy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?t?i/

• Rhymes: -?t?i

Adjective

touchy (comparative touchier, superlative touchiest)

1. (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.

   It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.

2. (of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish.

   He can be very touchy when you talk about his cat, so be as tactful as possible.

Related terms

• touchy-feely

Translations

See also

• tetchy
• touch and go

Anagrams

• couthy