Definition of "touched"

"They say her Majesty is more touched about these affairs of the Chartists than anything else," said Mr Egerton.

1845, Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, Book 4, Chapter 1

“If there is anything good or true in what I write, it isn’t mine. I owe it all to you and Mother and Beth,” said Jo, more touched by her father’s words than by any amount of praise from the world.

1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Chapter 42: All Alone”, in Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers

“And you came to save me, Mr. Oliver,” answered Miss Campbell, more touched by the courage of the young man than the dangers which could still happen.

1883, Jules Verne, Mary de Hauteville (translator), The Green Ray, Chapter XXI: A Tempest in a Cavern

"Don't you see he is a lunatic, prince?" whispered Evgenie Pavlovitch in his ear. "Someone told me just now that he is a bit touched on the subject of lawyers, that he has a mania for making speeches and intends to pass the examinations. I am expecting a splendid burlesque now."

1913, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Eva M. Martin, The Idiot, Part III, Chapter IV

All a bit touched. Mad Fanny and his other sister Mrs Dickinson driving about with scarlet harness.

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 8: The Lestrygonians]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […]

The girl’s face is dreamy, slow. Touched, the Irish say. Possible that she’s touched.

2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, page 7