adjective of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
perceptible to the touch; tangible.
Origin of tactile 1605–15; <
Latin tāctilis tangible, equivalent to
tāct(us ) (past participle of
tangere to touch) +
-ilis -ile Related forms tac·til·i·ty [tak-til -i-tee] /tækˈtɪl ɪ ti/ noun non·tac·tile , adjective non·tac·til·i·ty , noun un·tac·tile , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for tactile Contemporary Examples of tactile Could Peso-trash be a serious threat to the lively and tactile scene down the hill?
These tactile projects make them “feel they can start and finish something,” she said.
Physical books, which can only be seen and handled in physical bookshops, are lovely, tactile things.
Tactile and open, she makes you feel both important and protective.
Taurus is tactile , sensual, lush—adjectives ascribed to this auteur.
Historical Examples of tactile Tactile : used for touching; an organ that has the sense of touch.
There is, I am told, tactile memory as well as visual and aural memory.
It was the tactile , not the visual sensations that upset him.
Page 54: each of the tactile organ probably should be organs.
Sometimes they are transformed into feelers or tactile organs.
British Dictionary definitions for tactile adjective of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of touch a tactile organ ; tactile stimuli
rare capable of being touched; tangible
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Derived Forms tactility (tækˈtɪlɪtɪ ), noun Word Origin for tactile C17: from Latin tactilis, from tangere to touch
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Word Origin and History for tactile adj. 1610s, "perceptible to touch," from French tactile , from Latin tactilis "tangible, that may be touched," from tactus , past participle of tangere "to touch" (see tangent ). Meaning "of or pertaining to touch" is attested from 1650s.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
adj. Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible.
Used for feeling.
Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sense of touch; tactual.
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Used for or sensitive to touch.
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