taction means the act of touching; touch; contact. It carries an Arena rating of 1680, earned across 40 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, taction ranks #2,825 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #4,560 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #4,605 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #5,823 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words.
Why “taction” is a great word
TACTION — [Noun] The act of touching or the sense of touch. From the Latin tactiōn-, tactio ("touching"), from tactus ("sense of feeling"), the perfect passive participle of tangere ("to touch, feel") + the action suffix -io. First known use circa 1623. Unlike "tactility," which describes a surface's responsive quality, or "contact," which denotes a state of connection, taction is the primal event and faculty itself. It is the cool kiss of a marble balustrade under a searching palm, the fleeting pressure of a stranger's hand in a crowd, and the fine, papery texture of a dried leaf crumbling between one's fingers—the quiet, essential proof of a boundary crossed, the one sense that confirms reality by leaving a reciprocal impression.
Etymology
Latin tactio (“touching”), from perfect passive participle tactus (“sense of feeling”), from tangere (“to touch, feel”) + action suffix -io; see tact and -ion.
noun
- The act of touching; touch; contact.
- The sense of touch.
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