tactile

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tactile/ˈtaktʌɪl/

▶adjective

• 1 relating to the sense of touch.

  ■ perceptible or designed to be perceived by touch.

• 2 given to touching others in a friendly or sympathetic way.

– derivatives
tactility noun.

– origin C17: from L. tactilis, from tangere ‘to touch’.