tactility
(tækˈtɪlɪtɪ)
[f. after L. type *tactilitās, f. tactilis tactile: see -ity.]
The quality or condition of being tactile.
| 1659 Stanley Hist. Philos. xiii. (1701) 565/2 There are others [qualities] which depend upon these; as Flexility, Tactility, Ductility, and others, from Softness. 1727 Bailey vol. II, Tactility, capableness of being touched. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 169 Contrast the commonest seat of pain in subjective tactility. |
b. Sensitiveness, touchiness. nonce-use.
| 1831 Syd. Smith Mem. & Lett. cccxxi. (1855) II. 331 You have a little infirmity,—tactility, or touchiness. |