Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tac-tion
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of touching; touch; contact.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The sense of touch.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It ſeems, the Minds of theſe People are ſo taken up with intenſe Speculations, that they neither can ſpeak, nor attend to the Diſcourſes of others, without being rouzed by ſome external Taction upon the Organs of Speech and Hearing; for which reaſon, thoſe Perſons who are able to afford it always keep a Flapper (the Original is Climenole) in their Family, as one of their Domeſticks, nor ever walk abroad or make Viſits without him."

Etymology

Latin tactio (“touching”), from perfect passive participle tactus (“sense of feeling”), from tangere (“to touch, feel”) + action suffix -io; see tact and -ion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tactions (plural)

Derived Forms

vibrotaction

Questions

What does taction mean?: The act of touching; touch; contact.
Where does taction come from?: Latin tactio (“touching”), from perfect passive participle tactus (“sense of feeling”), from tangere (“to touch, feel”) + action suffix -io; see tact and -ion.

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