Meaning of touch-me-not-ishness | Babel Free
Examples
“The young ladies were pretty, their manners winning, their dispositions unexceptionable; but there was a dignity in the air, a touch-me-not-ish-ness in the walk⟳, a majesty in the eye of the spinster aunt, to which, at their time of life they could lay⟳ no claim⟳, which distinguished her from any female on whom Mr. Tupman had ever gazed.”
“The consequence of this training persisted in for a series of years without the least deviation enables the serene olympian to mount⟳ the witness stand⟳ with the perfect composure and touch-me-not-ish-ness that belongs to the elect⟳.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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