tactility

[tak-til, -tahyl]

tac·tile

[tak-til, -tahyl]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
2.
perceptible to the touch; tangible.

Origin:
1605–15; < Latin tāctilis tangible, equivalent to tāct(us) (past participle of tangere to touch) + -ilis -ile

tac·til·i·ty [tak-til-i-tee] , noun
non·tac·tile, adjective
non·tac·til·i·ty, noun
un·tac·tile, adjective
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Tactility is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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tactile (ˈtæktaɪl)
 
adj
1.  of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of touch: a tactile organ; tactile stimuli
2.  rare capable of being touched; tangible
 
[C17: from Latin tactilis, from tangere to touch]
 
tactility
 
n

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