touché

[too-shey]

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interjection

Fencing. (an expression used to indicate a hit or touch.)
(an expression used for acknowledging a telling remark or rejoinder.)

Origin of touché

1920–25; < French: literally, touched

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Related Words for touche

disgrace, confusion, indignity, degradation, shame, ignominy, abasement, comedown, affront, submission, chagrin, condescension, dishonor, comeuppance, discomfiture, put-down, mortification, resignation, self-abasement, humbling

Examples from the Web for touche

Historical Examples of touche

That is euyn as very a touche of a pharesey as any can be.Cannius.
Two Dyaloges (c. 1549)
Desiderius Erasmus
Then, without allowing him time to shape an answer, "Touche!"
The Cardinal's Snuff-Box
Henry Harland
Tout autre malheur ne me touche plus fortement: mais celui-l me touche au cur et aux entrailles.
Wagner as I Knew Him
Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger
Seulement, cette originalit, par bien des saillies, touche celle de Tristan Corbire.
Instigations
Ezra Pound
So I call that triangle drawen in a circle, whose corners do touche the circumference of the circle.
The Path-Way to Knowledg
Robert Record

British Dictionary definitions for touche

touché

interjection

an acknowledgment that a scoring hit has been made in a fencing competition
an acknowledgment of the striking home of a remark or the capping of a witticism

Word Origin for touché

from French, literally: touched

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Word Origin and History for touche

1904, "exclamation acknowledging a hit in fencing," from French touché, past participle of toucher "to hit," from Old French touchier "to hit" (see touch (v.)).