Tactile Definition

tăktəl, -tīl
adjective
That can be perceived by the touch; tangible.
Webster's New World
Of, having, or related to the sense of touch.
Webster's New World
Characterized by or conveying an illusion of tangibility.
Tactile language.
American Heritage Medicine

Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.

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Origin of Tactile

  • From French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible"), from tangere (“to touch").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin tāctilis from tāctus past participle of tangere to touch tact

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tactile Sentence Examples

  • The only other sense-organs are the captacula, which are tactile and olfactory.

  • Her enjoyment of music, however, is very genuine, for she has a tactile recognition of sound when the waves of air beat against her.

  • That tactile contact is what the baby really needs.

  • A highly sensual being, Taurus is tactile and loves to touch things.

  • The tentacles are organs which serve both for the tactile sense and for the capture of food.

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Words Starting With

TTATAC

Words Ending With

ELEILE

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tactile

Words Starting With T and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With T7 Letter Words Ending With E