tactus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tactus
< Latin tāctus touch; see tact
Example Sentences
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Under the old rule of tactus, Jesuit seminarians were forbidden even to put an arm on the shoulder of a buddy; now they greet one another with warm abrazos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prius creavit, ecce nunc colit manus; Tentantes digitos molliter applicat; Decipit molles caro dura tactus.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Sometimes, my boy, the tactus eruditus will succeed when main force fails.”
From The King's Esquires The Jewel of France by Fenn, George Manville
The tactus eruditus extends to the mind as well as to the finger-ends.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Quod facie Rex tutus erat, quod caetera tactus: Hinc hominem Rex est fassus, et inde Deum.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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