TOUCH, TOUCHABLE, TOUCHED, TOUCHING
ADJECTIVES
► PALPABLE that can be touched, felt, or handled; apprehensible by the sense of touch; tangible, sensible → c1384
► PALPATORY touching, feeling with the hand → 1876
► PALPED felt; apprehended by the touch → 1609 obs.
► PERTINGENT touching; in contact; reaching to → 1656 obs.
► TACTABLE capable of being touched → 1611 obs.
► TACTIC belonging to touch → 1625
► TACTILE perceptible to the touch → 1615
► TACTIVE characterized by touching → 1634 obs.
► TACTUAL pert. to touch; due to touch → 1642
► TANGENT 1. pert. to touch → 1802
2. touching, contiguous → 1846
► TANGIBLE capable of being touched; affecting the sense of touch; touchable → 1589
► TENDER pathetic, touching → 1901 Sc.
NOUNS
► APHEPHOBIA an abnormal fear of touching or being touched → 1991 (Bk.)
► DAP a touch, a tap; a slight blow or knock → 1867 Eng. dial.
► HAPHEPHOBIA ► HAPHOPHOBIA ► HAPTEPHOBIA ► HAPTOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of touching or being touched → 1991 (Bk.)
► PALMATION the of touching or feeling with the palm of the hand → 1688 obs.
► PERTINGENCY a reaching to so as to touch → 1656 obs.
► TACT 1. the sense of touch; touch → 1651
2. the act of touching or handling; a touch → 1801 obs.
► TACTATION the act of touching → 1688 obs.
► TACTION the act of touching; contact → 1623
► TACTURE touch, contact → 1597 obs.
► TACTURIENCY the desire of touching → 1652 obs.
► TAKING touching, touch → 1340 obs.
► TANGENCE the quality or condition of touching, touch; point of contact → 1840
► TEEPLE a slight touch or stroke → 19C Sc.
► THIXOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of touching or being touched → 1991 (Bk.)
► TICK a light but distinct touch; a light quick stroke; a pat, a tap → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TIG a touch; usually a light but significant touch, a tap or pat → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TIPPLER a light stroke; an accidental touch → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► BERINE to touch; to fall upon, to fall → a1300 obs.
► FEEL OF to touch, to handle → 1817 Amer. dial.
► NAM to touch, to lay hands on → 1825 Sc.
► PALP to touch, to feel; to handle gently, to pat → 1534
► PALPABRIZE to feel, to touch, to handle → 1593 obs.
► PRINKLE to touch; to cause to tingle → 1868 Sc.
► RAISE to graze, to touch → 1591 obs.
► SCAMP to graze, to strike slightly, to touch lightly in passing, to deliver a glancing blow to → 1911 Amer. dial.
► SKIFF to touch lightly in passing over; to skim → 1807-10 Sc.
► TAINT to touch, to strike, to hit → 1525 obs.
► TAKE to touch → a1150 obs.
► TAN to touch; to fondle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAT to touch gently → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TEEPLE to touch or strike lightly → 19C Sc.
► TICK to touch or tap a thing or person lightly; to bestow light touches or pats by way of caressing → 1546
► TIP to tap; to strike smartly or lightly; to touch lightly → 1850 Sc.
► TIPPLE to touch lightly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TITILLATE to touch lightly; to irritate slightly → 1837
► GRIBBLE to feel with the fingers, to touch → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TWIGHT to touch; also, to twitch → 1558 obs.