a. [f. TOUCH sb. + -LESS.] a. Devoid of the sense of touch. b. Incapable of being touched, intangible: cf. viewless.
1813. T. Busby, Lucretius, I. III. 936. As the touchless space, theyre free from blow.
1871. Huxley, Crit. & Addr., xiii. (1873), 343. Of course our touchless man would be devoid of any notion of resistance.
1888. B. W. Richardson, Son of Star, xii. Touchless with human hands, Sightless with human eyes.