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touchy-feeler en · NOUN

Etymology

From touchy-feely + -er.

Meanings

  1. (informal, rare) A touchy-feely person; one who is fond of physical contact with other people.
    • He grabbed his keys from the coffee table and led me to the door. Just before he turned the knob, he spun around to give me a quick hug. “I know you're not the big touchy-feeler, but humor me.” 2007, Wendy French, Full of It, New York, NY: Forge Books, →ISBN, page unknown:

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