a. [f. TOUCH sb. + -LESS.] a. Devoid of the sense of touch. b. Incapable of being touched, intangible: cf. viewless.

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1813.  T. Busby, Lucretius, I. III. 936. As the touchless space, they’re free from blow.

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1871.  Huxley, Crit. & Addr., xiii. (1873), 343. Of course our touchless man would be devoid of any notion of resistance.

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1888.  B. W. Richardson, Son of Star, xii. Touchless with human hands, Sightless with human eyes.

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