tactility
tactility noun: the condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch).
Noun
tactility (countable and uncountable, plural tactilities)
- The condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch).
- Each time they lay down there together, as if she obeyed a voice that came out of the quilt telling her to put the light out, she would extinguish the candle flame between her finger-tips. All around them, the tactility of the dark.1988, Angela Carter, “John Ford’s ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore”, in Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories, New York: H. Holt, page 337
- Maan loved swimming, not for the exercise but for the luxury, the tactility of it.1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, London: Phoenix, 1994, Part 8, p. 554
- Synonyms:
- tactuality
- The ability to feel pressure or pain through touch.
Synonyms of tactility
Forms of tactility
| plural | tactilities |
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Origin of tactility
From tactile + -ity.
Questions about tactility
- What does tactility mean?
- Tactility means the condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch).
- What part of speech is tactility?
- Tactility is a noun.
- What is the plural of tactility?
- The plural of tactility is tactilities.
Words near tactility in the dictionary
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