| 单词 | touched in the upper story |
| 释义 | > as lemmastouched in the upper story 3. Slightly mad, crazy, or mentally unsound; a little eccentric. Chiefly in predicative use. Frequently in phrases, as touched in the head, touched in the upper story, etc. Cf. touch v. 29b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad maddish1573 skyred1581 cracked1610 conundrumed1629 touchy-headed1666 touched1672 half-witted1712 maddy1719 Fifish1821 cracky1850 not all there1864 mattoid1891 tetched1930 as daft (mad, etc.) as a brush1932 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] sickc1340 dottlec1390 doting1489 dotish1509 feeble-minded1534 weak-brained1535 silly1568 fondish1579 lean-witted1597 soft1621 weaka1661 touched1697 muzzy-headed1798 defective1825 wanting1839 half-baked1842 dotty1860 knock-kneed1865 lean-minded1867 doddering1871 weak-minded1883 ninepence in the shilling1889 barmy1892 drippy1952 dipshit1968 1672 J. Humfrey Authority of Magistrate about Relig. 118 I count this man now as one in a Feaver, that is, touched in his head, and who can help such a conceit? 1697 ‘Philaret’ Challenge 83 Your memory I find is still indifferent sound, tho you may be, I fear, a little toucht in your other Faculties. 1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy v. ii You see master's a little—touched, that's all. 1715 W. Whiston Defence 175 Which I think no Man of his Learning, joyn'd with Veracity, cou'd be guilty of, unless he were touched in his Head. 1810 Sporting Mag. 35 292 He thought he was a little touched, or insane. 1850 String of Pearls 479 I think Mr. Cummings must be touched in the upper story, do you know, Mr. Todd. He's a very respectable man, but between you and I, was never over bright. 1871 A. Daly Divorce iii. ii. in America's Lost Plays (1942) XX. 1832 ‘Called you “poor fellow”, and said you was a little touched up here.’ (Points to forehead.) 1873 A. I. Thackeray Old Kensington xxviii What an extraordinary creature poor Sarah is! touched, certainly. 1902 E. Nesbit Five Children & It ii. 61 Touched in the head, eh?.. All the more shame to you boys dragging the poor afflicted child into your sinful burglaries. 1914 M. B. Lowndes Lodger v. 48 If he hadn't been, as Bunting funnily styled it, ‘just a leetle touched upstairs’, he wouldn't be here. 1957 Clarinda (Iowa) Herald-Jrnl. 17 Jan. ii. 2/3 There's a lot of fun poked at bird watchers as being a mite touched in the noggin. 1978 I. B. Singer Shosha iv. 81 Writers are all slightly touched. 2013 Sun (Nexis) 26 May 9 My friends think I'm a bit touched. Some of the questions people asked me when I was queuing were really odd. < as lemmas |
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