touching

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/

Etymology: From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
“a touching story”
In direct contact with.

Etymology: From Middle English touching, touchinge, touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

The act by which something is touched.
“But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.”
A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.

Etymology: From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

Regarding; concerning.
“Now as touching things offered vnto idoles, wee know that wee all haue knowledge.”
“Every time I ascended to the deck from my watches below, I instantly gazed aft to mark if any strange face were visible ; for my first vague disquietude touching the unknown captain, now in the seclusion of the sea, became almost a perturbation.”

Etymology: From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.