tactile
/ˈtæktaɪl/ adjective
- adjective Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch. “tactile method of reading”
- adjective Used for feeling.
- adjective Of or relating to the sense of touch. “tactile illusion”
- adjective Prone to touching people or things.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations. "Tactile sweets." Beaumont. "Tactile qualities." Sir M. Hale. Tactile sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch.
Etymology [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tactile.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “tactile”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details