Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tactility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: tac-til-i-ty
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The ability to feel pressure or pain through touch.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, London: Phoenix, 1994, Part 8, p. 554, Maan loved swimming, not for the exercise but for the luxury, the tactility of it."

Etymology

Etymology tree English tactile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English tactility From tactile + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tactilities (plural)

Synonyms

tactuality tactual sensation touch perception skin perceptiveness

Questions

What does tactility mean?: The condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch).
Where does tactility come from?: Etymology tree English tactile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English tactility From tactile + -ity.

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