English▸ adjective of or connected with the sense of touch:
vocal and visual signals become less important as tactile signals intensify.
▪ perceptible by touch or apparently so; tangible:
she had a distinct, almost tactile memory.
▪ designed to be perceived by touch:
tactile exhibitions help blind people enjoy the magic of sculpture.
▪ (of a person) given to touching others, especially as an unselfconscious expression of sympathy or affection:
he took her in his arms—he's a very tactile person.
– ORIGIN early 17th century (in the sense ‘perceptible by touch, tangible’): from Latin tactilis, from tangere ‘to touch’.