2. Interjection. (fencing) An acknowledgement of a hit. ¹
3. Interjection. An acknowledgement of the success, appropriateness or superiority of an argument or discussion; sometimes used sarcastically to mock one's opponent's absurd logic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Touche
1. used to acknowledge a hit in fencing [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Touche
Literary usage of Touche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain by Sir Bernard Burke (1863)
"Mr. La touche d. 11 Feb. 1830, and was *. by his son, PETER LA touche, Esq.
of Bellevue, MP, ... Kildare, MP, 2nd surviving son of David-Digues La touche, ..."
2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"By JOHN D. DE LA touche.—Part II.* (Communicated by HH SLATER, FZS) (Plate XII.)
II. ... De la touche, Ibis, 1887, p. 469. Swifts with white on the rump, ..."
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