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Definition of Thin-skinned
1. Adjective. Quick to take offense.
Definition of Thin-skinned
1. Adjective. having a thin skin ¹
2. Adjective. (idiomatic) overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Thin-skinned
1. Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thin-skinned
Literary usage of Thin-skinned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx by John Rhys (1901)
"... implied that the race with which he had was a highly sensitive one: I may
perhaps apply to , The adjective thin-skinned, in the literal sense of t word ..."
2. Making More Money in Storekeeping: By W. R. Hotchkin by William Rowland Hotchkin (1917)
"There is NO HOPE for people who are too peevish, thin-skinned, or pig-headed to
be told their serious FAULTS, and to accept criticism as something of great ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Thin- skinned, on the contrary, means impatient of reproof or censure ; their
skin is so thin it annoys them to be touched. ..."
4. Platform Echos; Or, Living Truths for Head & Heart ...: With a History of Mr by John Bartholomew Gough, Lyman Abbott (1886)
"Lamentable Ignorance — thin-skinned People —How Some of Them Show Their Indignation —
Proving a Man a Liar — Gentility is Not Always Respectability ..."
5. A Brief English Grammar by Fred Newton Scott, Gertrude Buck (1906)
"When one speaks of a sweet orange, a Jamaica orange, or a thin-skinned orange,
however, the meaning of the noun has been somewhat more narrowly defined. ..."
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