touch-me-notn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtʌtʃmɪnɒt/, U.S.

/ˈtətʃˌmiˌnɑt/

Forms: see touch v. and me pron.¹, n., and adj. and not adv., n., and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: touch v., me pron.¹, not adv.

Etymology: < touch v. + me pron.¹ + not adv., in senses A. 1 and A. 2 after post-classical Latin noli me tangere (see noli me tangere n.). With sense A. 4b and use as adjective compare earlier noli me tangere n. 2 and noli me tangere adj., respectively.

A. n.

†1. Medicine. Any of various conditions causing persistent, spreading ulceration of the skin and underlying tissue, esp. of the face; = noli me tangere n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > lupus

noli me tangerea1398

touch-me-notc1450

wolf1559

lupus1583

lupus erythematosus1852

lupus vulgaris1852

butterfly lupus1879

minimus1886

SLE1958

c1450 in J. Norri Dict. Med. Vocab. in Eng. (2016) 340/1 Of formica, þat is to sey an emette or noli me tangere, þat is to seye touche me noute.

a1475 MS Sloane 73 f. 109 Noli me tangere, þis is as myche to seie as touche me nouȝt; and it is an empostym in þe face ful venymous, and a man þat haþ þat yuel feliþ riȝt as amptis wente riȝt bitwene þe skyn and þe fleisch.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe sig. Cc.iii^v And why it is named tuche me nat, for yf one do nyppe or brose him, or do make him to blede, he wyll ryse and breake out in an other place, or els it wyll festure and brede a further displeasure.

1664 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. xvii. 410/2 From this a true Cancer called Carcinos differs much. Which is called also..Noli me tangere or touch me not, because it will not endure sharpe Medicines.

2. Any of the plants known as noli me tangere (see noli me tangere n. 3).

a. The squirting cucumber, Ecbalium elaterium (see cucumber n. 3a), the fruit of which expels its pulp and seeds when ripe; (also) a fruit of this plant. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > spirting cucumber

leaping cucumber1548

touch-me-not1597

squirt1753

spurting cucumber1786

squirting cucumber1802

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cccxxvii. 766 It [sc. Cucumis asininus] is called..in English wilde Cucumber, spirting Cucumbers, & Touch me not.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coucombre sauvage, the wild Cowcumber, Spirting Cowcumber, Touche-me-not.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Touch me not, Momordica.

1999 News-Courier (Athens, Alabama) 7 Apr. 2 b/1 One of nature's stranger creations is the so-called Squirting Cucumber... Native to the Mediterranean region, the yellowish-green fruit is sometimes called touch-me-not.

b. Originally: a yellow-flowered species of impatiens native to Europe and Asia, Impatiens noli-tangere (also called yellow balsam). In later use also: any species of impatiens.The ripe seed capsules of these plants split suddenly when ripe, flinging out their seeds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > balsam and allied flowers

noli me tangere1563

balsam apple1578

touch-me-not1659

eagle-flower1718

balsam1736

quick-in-hand1744

Capuchin1756

balsamine1785

impatiens1785

jewelweed1817

snap-weed1823

lady's slipper1836

busy Lizzie1938

sultana1938

patient Lucy1940

policeman's helmet1950

1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα Embleme Trees sig. ***ij Presbytery seeming like the plant called Touch me not, which flies in the face, and breaks in the fingers of those that presse it.

1744 J. Wilson Synopsis Brit. Plants xvii. 193 Balsamine lutea... Quick in the hand, Touch me not.

1785 T. Martyn in tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvi. 410 We have a wild species called Yellow Balsam, and by the familiar names of Quick in hand or Touch me not.

1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Dec. 620/1 Fern and orange-flowered touch-me-not.

1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxv. 300 A bed of touch-me-nots took me back like a flash to the terrace flower-beds at college.

1931 J. A. Thomson & P. Geddes Life I. ii. 198 A touch sets free the five valves of the balsam, whose expressive name of ‘Touch-me-not’ (Impatiens noli-me-tangere) refers to its ready explosiveness.

1992 Canad. Gardening May 29/2 Brushing past a shoulder-high shrub of Himalayan touch-me-not, likely a wild species of the Impatiens genus, she says, ‘I kind of like intimate pathways.’

2014 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 28 June b2 Touch-me-nots (Impatiens spp.) can grow quite tall, and they may be casting shade on your irises, and competing with them for moisture and nutrients.

c. A sensitive plant (see sensitive plant n. 1b), esp. Mimosa pudica. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant

sensitive plant1640

shrinking shrub1640

humble plant1664

sensitive1707

touch-me-not1728

mimosa1731

inga tree1756

soldier-wood1823

inga1838

soldier-plant1864

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Noli me tangere, in English, Touch me not: Is indifferently used of any Plant whose Leaves or Seed will start away by touching them; so the Humble and Sensible Plants may be call'd.

1880 tr. H. Rau Beethoven 56 The gardener calls it mimosa sensitiva; the ordinary name is noli me tangere, or the little ‘touch-me-not’.

2002 E. Barrett & J. Mingo Just Curious about Animals & Nature, Jeeves 44 The incredible touch-me-not, probably one of the most fascinating common plants in the world, is a member of the mimosa family.

3. A warning or order to refrain from a particular action. Cf. noli me tangere n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun]

defence?c1335

forbiddingc1380

defendingc1400

prohibition1429

embarring1563

prohibiting1572

embargement1599

inhibiting1607

forbiddance1608

touch-me-not1636

forbiddal1835

1636 J. Seller Five Serm. v. 241 Thus oft times upon the covetous desires of worldly blessings God puts men off by the direction of his word by the motions of his spirit, with a Touch me not.

1680 G. Sikes Expos. Ecclesiastes vi. 286 He sits in his majesterial Chair, as an instructor of fools; insulting over the gross sinner, with a touch me not.

1684 N. Bisbie Two Serm. 28 If you let this escape (with a Touch me not, for I am holier than thou) there will never be want of work for the Judges, nor the worst of their Executioners, as long as the world endures.

1843 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 568/2 What a touch-me-not is there in thy chop—chop—chop—chopping-knife! ‘Hands off!’ thou exclaimest, ‘or I make mince-meat of your fingers!’

1957 Harvard Theol. Rev. 50 98 Her mind is all in a confusion of past with present, and she has to be checked with a ‘Touch Me not’.

2005 B. Dempster Burning Alphabet 17 Father with his touch-me-nots of misery.

a. Something that must not be touched, handled, or mentioned.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [noun] > unmentionable topic(s)

unmentionable1826

touch-me-not1832

tacenda1843

1832 Pindar of Wakefield's Legend 24 Fain would I sing of..the good Lord William's gentle bride, the flower and pride of all. But ladies' names are touch-me-nots To my rude minstrelsy.

1893 Daily News 8 May 5/5 Military matters..are a ‘touch-me-not’ here.

1964 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 4 May a16/2 Be sure to wear heavy gloves while handling dry ice; it's a real ‘touch-me-not’.

b. A person (esp. a woman) who does not allow or invite touching or close contact of any kind; a cold, aloof, or stand-offish person. Cf. noli me tangere n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > coldness or lack of warm feeling > person

icicle1648

frigot1683

frost piece1690

anthropolith1804

iceberg1840

touch-me-not1840

icebox1909

cold fish1941

1840 C. S. M. Bury Hist. Flirt II. vii. 258 You could walk a horse before you paid his price, and judge something of its paces, but ladies were such touch-me-nots, it was a hopeless case.

1857 Essex Standard 27 Nov. The cautious old ‘Stand-stills’ and touchy ‘Touch-me-nots’ will lift up their unassisting hands in wondering astonishment.

1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) iv. ii. 71 ‘I didn't know you were a touch-me-not.’ After a pause she resumed, in grave, friendly accents: ‘Come, don't be angry. I want to talk to you.’

2015 Times of India (Nexis) 17 Mar. I didn't want to be perceived as a virginal touch-me-not, neither did I want to lead a married man on.

B. adj.

Characterized by or exhibiting a disinclination to be touched or interfered with; shrinking from contact; cold, aloof, stand-offish. Also in extended use of things. Cf. noli me tangere adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable

strange1338

estrangec1374

formal?1518

cold1557

squeamish1561

icy1567

buckrama1589

repulsive1598

starched1600

unaffable1603

stiff1608

withdrawing1611

reserved1612

aloof1639

cool1641

uncordial1643

inaffable1656

staunch1659

standfra1683

distant1710

starcha1716

distancing1749

pokerish1779

buckramed1793

angular1808

easeless1811

touch-me-not1817

starchy1824

standoffish1826

offish1827

poker-backed1830

standoff1837

stiffish1840

chilly1841

unapproachable1848

hedgehoggy1866

sticky1882

hard-to-get1899

stand-away1938

princesse lointaine1957

the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adjective]

overmoodeOE

highlyOE

overmoodOE

overmoodyOE

orgelc1175

dangerous?c1225

orgula1275

orgulousc1275

fiercec1290

hautain1297

highfulc1325

squeamousc1325

deignousc1330

digne1340

disdainousc1374

sirlya1375

lordlyc1390

high-hearteda1398

haught1430

haut1430

coppedc1449

excellentc1450

fastidious?a1475

loftyc1485

dain?1507

hichty1513

stiff-necked1526

supercilious1528

haughty1530

taunt?a1534

disdainfula1542

high in the instep1555

skeighc1560

queen-like?1571

surlyc1572

stately1579

coy1581

paughtya1586

steya1586

disdained1598

dortya1605

lordlike1605

overly1606

magnatical1608

stiff1608

surly-borne1609

high-sighted1610

lofty-minded1611

sublimed1611

patronizing1619

lording1629

sublimated1634

cavaliering1642

uncondescending1660

nose-in-the-air1673

sidy1673

fastuose1674

uncondescensive1681

condescending1707

stiff-rumped1728

fastidiose1730

cavalier1751

ogertful1754

pawky1809

supercilian1825

splendid1833

touch-me-not1852

pincé1858

high-stepping1867

eyeglassy1871

sniffy1871

cavalierly1876

snifty1889

Olympian1900

ritzy1920

mugwumpish1923

blasé1930

stiff-arsed1937

nose-high1939

1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. v. 112 Lady de Brantefield, the touch-me-not mistress of the mansion.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iv. 106 The saucy little beauty carried her head with a toss..and assumed a touch-me-not air, which all her friends very good-humouredly bowed to.

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. ii. 43 Just the old-fashioned, prudish, open-air, touch-me-not Englishwoman.

1908 H. A. M. Keays I & My True Love xxiv. 343 It was absurd—this touch-me-not attitude; he was heartily sick of his pretence of enjoying it.

1933 Woodland (Calif.) Daily Democrat 7 Jan. 6/2 Sky-lines are vastly impersonal things, so touch-me-not in their grandeur.

2004 J. Fellowes Snobs (2005) ix. 115 Edith..had already begun to acquire that patina of the privileged, the faint, touch-me-not aura..that marks such people apart from us mortals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	touch-me-not
释义	touch-me-notn.adj. Brit. /ˈtʌtʃmɪnɒt/, U.S. /ˈtətʃˌmiˌnɑt/ Forms: see touch v. and me pron.¹, n., and adj. and not adv., n., and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: touch v., me pron.¹, not adv. Etymology: < touch v. + me pron.¹ + not adv., in senses A. 1 and A. 2 after post-classical Latin noli me tangere (see noli me tangere n.). With sense A. 4b and use as adjective compare earlier noli me tangere n. 2 and noli me tangere adj., respectively. A. n. †1. Medicine. Any of various conditions causing persistent, spreading ulceration of the skin and underlying tissue, esp. of the face; = noli me tangere n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > lupus noli me tangerea1398 touch-me-notc1450 wolf1559 lupus1583 lupus erythematosus1852 lupus vulgaris1852 butterfly lupus1879 minimus1886 SLE1958 c1450 in J. Norri Dict. Med. Vocab. in Eng. (2016) 340/1 Of formica, þat is to sey an emette or noli me tangere, þat is to seye touche me noute. a1475 MS Sloane 73 f. 109 Noli me tangere, þis is as myche to seie as touche me nouȝt; and it is an empostym in þe face ful venymous, and a man þat haþ þat yuel feliþ riȝt as amptis wente riȝt bitwene þe skyn and þe fleisch. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe sig. Cc.iii^v And why it is named tuche me nat, for yf one do nyppe or brose him, or do make him to blede, he wyll ryse and breake out in an other place, or els it wyll festure and brede a further displeasure. 1664 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. xvii. 410/2 From this a true Cancer called Carcinos differs much. Which is called also..Noli me tangere or touch me not, because it will not endure sharpe Medicines. 2. Any of the plants known as noli me tangere (see noli me tangere n. 3). a. The squirting cucumber, Ecbalium elaterium (see cucumber n. 3a), the fruit of which expels its pulp and seeds when ripe; (also) a fruit of this plant. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > spirting cucumber leaping cucumber1548 touch-me-not1597 squirt1753 spurting cucumber1786 squirting cucumber1802 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cccxxvii. 766 It [sc. Cucumis asininus] is called..in English wilde Cucumber, spirting Cucumbers, & Touch me not. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coucombre sauvage, the wild Cowcumber, Spirting Cowcumber, Touche-me-not. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Touch me not, Momordica. 1999 News-Courier (Athens, Alabama) 7 Apr. 2 b/1 One of nature's stranger creations is the so-called Squirting Cucumber... Native to the Mediterranean region, the yellowish-green fruit is sometimes called touch-me-not. b. Originally: a yellow-flowered species of impatiens native to Europe and Asia, Impatiens noli-tangere (also called yellow balsam). In later use also: any species of impatiens.The ripe seed capsules of these plants split suddenly when ripe, flinging out their seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > balsam and allied flowers noli me tangere1563 balsam apple1578 touch-me-not1659 eagle-flower1718 balsam1736 quick-in-hand1744 Capuchin1756 balsamine1785 impatiens1785 jewelweed1817 snap-weed1823 lady's slipper1836 busy Lizzie1938 sultana1938 patient Lucy1940 policeman's helmet1950 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα Embleme Trees sig. **ij Presbytery seeming like the plant called Touch me not, which flies in the face, and breaks in the fingers of those that presse it. 1744 J. Wilson Synopsis Brit. Plants* xvii. 193 Balsamine lutea... Quick in the hand, Touch me not. 1785 T. Martyn in tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvi. 410 We have a wild species called Yellow Balsam, and by the familiar names of Quick in hand or Touch me not. 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Dec. 620/1 Fern and orange-flowered touch-me-not. 1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxv. 300 A bed of touch-me-nots took me back like a flash to the terrace flower-beds at college. 1931 J. A. Thomson & P. Geddes Life I. ii. 198 A touch sets free the five valves of the balsam, whose expressive name of ‘Touch-me-not’ (Impatiens noli-me-tangere) refers to its ready explosiveness. 1992 Canad. Gardening May 29/2 Brushing past a shoulder-high shrub of Himalayan touch-me-not, likely a wild species of the Impatiens genus, she says, ‘I kind of like intimate pathways.’ 2014 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 28 June b2 Touch-me-nots (Impatiens spp.) can grow quite tall, and they may be casting shade on your irises, and competing with them for moisture and nutrients. c. A sensitive plant (see sensitive plant n. 1b), esp. Mimosa pudica. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant sensitive plant1640 shrinking shrub1640 humble plant1664 sensitive1707 touch-me-not1728 mimosa1731 inga tree1756 soldier-wood1823 inga1838 soldier-plant1864 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Noli me tangere, in English, Touch me not: Is indifferently used of any Plant whose Leaves or Seed will start away by touching them; so the Humble and Sensible Plants may be call'd. 1880 tr. H. Rau Beethoven 56 The gardener calls it mimosa sensitiva; the ordinary name is noli me tangere, or the little ‘touch-me-not’. 2002 E. Barrett & J. Mingo Just Curious about Animals & Nature, Jeeves 44 The incredible touch-me-not, probably one of the most fascinating common plants in the world, is a member of the mimosa family. 3. A warning or order to refrain from a particular action. Cf. noli me tangere n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] defence?c1335 forbiddingc1380 defendingc1400 prohibition1429 embarring1563 prohibiting1572 embargement1599 inhibiting1607 forbiddance1608 touch-me-not1636 forbiddal1835 1636 J. Seller Five Serm. v. 241 Thus oft times upon the covetous desires of worldly blessings God puts men off by the direction of his word by the motions of his spirit, with a Touch me not. 1680 G. Sikes Expos. Ecclesiastes vi. 286 He sits in his majesterial Chair, as an instructor of fools; insulting over the gross sinner, with a touch me not. 1684 N. Bisbie Two Serm. 28 If you let this escape (with a Touch me not, for I am holier than thou) there will never be want of work for the Judges, nor the worst of their Executioners, as long as the world endures. 1843 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 568/2 What a touch-me-not is there in thy chop—chop—chop—chopping-knife! ‘Hands off!’ thou exclaimest, ‘or I make mince-meat of your fingers!’ 1957 Harvard Theol. Rev. 50 98 Her mind is all in a confusion of past with present, and she has to be checked with a ‘Touch Me not’. 2005 B. Dempster Burning Alphabet 17 Father with his touch-me-nots of misery. 4. a. Something that must not be touched, handled, or mentioned. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [noun] > unmentionable topic(s) unmentionable1826 touch-me-not1832 tacenda1843 1832 Pindar of Wakefield's Legend 24 Fain would I sing of..the good Lord William's gentle bride, the flower and pride of all. But ladies' names are touch-me-nots To my rude minstrelsy. 1893 Daily News 8 May 5/5 Military matters..are a ‘touch-me-not’ here. 1964 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 4 May a16/2 Be sure to wear heavy gloves while handling dry ice; it's a real ‘touch-me-not’. b. A person (esp. a woman) who does not allow or invite touching or close contact of any kind; a cold, aloof, or stand-offish person. Cf. noli me tangere n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > coldness or lack of warm feeling > person icicle1648 frigot1683 frost piece1690 anthropolith1804 iceberg1840 touch-me-not1840 icebox1909 cold fish1941 1840 C. S. M. Bury Hist. Flirt II. vii. 258 You could walk a horse before you paid his price, and judge something of its paces, but ladies were such touch-me-nots, it was a hopeless case. 1857 Essex Standard 27 Nov. The cautious old ‘Stand-stills’ and touchy ‘Touch-me-nots’ will lift up their unassisting hands in wondering astonishment. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) iv. ii. 71 ‘I didn't know you were a touch-me-not.’ After a pause she resumed, in grave, friendly accents: ‘Come, don't be angry. I want to talk to you.’ 2015 Times of India (Nexis) 17 Mar. I didn't want to be perceived as a virginal touch-me-not, neither did I want to lead a married man on. B. adj. Characterized by or exhibiting a disinclination to be touched or interfered with; shrinking from contact; cold, aloof, stand-offish. Also in extended use of things. Cf. noli me tangere adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable strange1338 estrangec1374 formal?1518 cold1557 squeamish1561 icy1567 buckrama1589 repulsive1598 starched1600 unaffable1603 stiff1608 withdrawing1611 reserved1612 aloof1639 cool1641 uncordial1643 inaffable1656 staunch1659 standfra1683 distant1710 starcha1716 distancing1749 pokerish1779 buckramed1793 angular1808 easeless1811 touch-me-not1817 starchy1824 standoffish1826 offish1827 poker-backed1830 standoff1837 stiffish1840 chilly1841 unapproachable1848 hedgehoggy1866 sticky1882 hard-to-get1899 stand-away1938 princesse lointaine1957 the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adjective] overmoodeOE highlyOE overmoodOE overmoodyOE orgelc1175 dangerous?c1225 orgula1275 orgulousc1275 fiercec1290 hautain1297 highfulc1325 squeamousc1325 deignousc1330 digne1340 disdainousc1374 sirlya1375 lordlyc1390 high-hearteda1398 haught1430 haut1430 coppedc1449 excellentc1450 fastidious?a1475 loftyc1485 dain?1507 hichty1513 stiff-necked1526 supercilious1528 haughty1530 taunt?a1534 disdainfula1542 high in the instep1555 skeighc1560 queen-like?1571 surlyc1572 stately1579 coy1581 paughtya1586 steya1586 disdained1598 dortya1605 lordlike1605 overly1606 magnatical1608 stiff1608 surly-borne1609 high-sighted1610 lofty-minded1611 sublimed1611 patronizing1619 lording1629 sublimated1634 cavaliering1642 uncondescending1660 nose-in-the-air1673 sidy1673 fastuose1674 uncondescensive1681 condescending1707 stiff-rumped1728 fastidiose1730 cavalier1751 ogertful1754 pawky1809 supercilian1825 splendid1833 touch-me-not1852 pincé1858 high-stepping1867 eyeglassy1871 sniffy1871 cavalierly1876 snifty1889 Olympian1900 ritzy1920 mugwumpish1923 blasé1930 stiff-arsed1937 nose-high1939 1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. v. 112 Lady de Brantefield, the touch-me-not mistress of the mansion. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iv. 106 The saucy little beauty carried her head with a toss..and assumed a touch-me-not air, which all her friends very good-humouredly bowed to. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. ii. 43 Just the old-fashioned, prudish, open-air, touch-me-not Englishwoman. 1908 H. A. M. Keays I & My True Love xxiv. 343 It was absurd—this touch-me-not attitude; he was heartily sick of his pretence of enjoying it. 1933 Woodland (Calif.) Daily Democrat 7 Jan. 6/2 Sky-lines are vastly impersonal things, so touch-me-not in their grandeur. 2004 J. Fellowes Snobs (2005) ix. 115 Edith..had already begun to acquire that patina of the privileged, the faint, touch-me-not aura..that marks such people apart from us mortals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.c1450
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