[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.
