touchableadj.

Brit.

/ˈtʌtʃəbl/, U.S.

/ˈtətʃəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English–1600s toucheable, 1500s– touchable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: touch v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < touch v. + -able suffix. Compare Middle French, French touchable that can be handled or touched (beginning of the 14th cent. in Old French).

1. That may be perceived by the sense of touch; tangible; palpable; (also) able or available to be touched.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [adjective]

touchablec1384

treatablec1384

palpable1395

gropable14..

maniable1483

tangible1589

tactable1611

tactile1615

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Heb. xii. 18 Or toucheable [Douce 369(2) ȝe han not come to the tretable fyer glossed or able for to touche; L. tractabilem].

1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde ii. f. 18 The truest touchestone, of all properties, trying both toucheable and tasteable qualities.

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xlvii. §469 To the end that things touchable may in lying down gently affect us.

a1680 J. Harrington Horæ Consecratæ (1682) 216 To our natural Bodies, natural things are touchable, so to our spiritual bodies, spiritual substances, as Angels, may be Tangible.

1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick i. 6 Those gross Bodies that are visible and touchable.

1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (1869) I. 13 In that case, we should have no idea of objects as seeable, as hearable, as touchable, or tasteable.

1866 Edinb. Rev. July 133 We cannot touch anything touchable without the rude idea that it occupies space.

1935 Mind 44 377 Common-sense man lives in the coloured, sounding, scented, touchable world of sense-data.

1987 P. Lively Moon Tiger xii. 144 No one, nowadays, gets closer to visible touchable wealth than their bank statement.

2014 New Yorker 3 Nov. 56/3 I saw crew members wiping down handrails and other touchable surfaces.

2. Capable of being convinced, persuaded, or moved; open to influence; impressionable. Cf. touch v. 28.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective] > susceptible to something spec.

sensible1611

countablea1616

susceptive1637

touchable1642

susceptible1646

1642 D. Rogers Naaman Contents sig. f2/1 Touchable and tractable natures in shew to take counsel.

1720 J. Smith Unreasonableness of Deism 114 I can readily believe him touchable in Humane Nature.

1822 Examiner 10 Mar. 154/2 Every mind touchable by musical sounds.

1890 Church Union (N.Y.) May Such of our readers as are touchable by the appeal of this writer.

1908 Saddlery & Harness Jan. 26/1 By this time he ought to know their individual dispositions and how to find their touchable side.

1977 Newsweek (Nexis) 30 May 79 Angell has a sharp eye, a clear mind, a touchable heart and a streak of poetry.

2007 USA Today (Nexis) 13 June 3 d There might be a soul that is touchable and reachable.

a. In an appropriate condition to be touched; that may be touched without causing harm, pain, etc. Frequently in negative constructions.

ΚΠ

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. xcv. 23 Direct her [sc. the nymph] to be cleaned and cloathed..so that she should be touchable.

1888 Jrnl. & Proc. Hamilton Assoc. 1886–7 & 1887–8 4 46 It becomes so hot as to be barely touchable with the naked hand.

1897 Power Oct. 3/2 The crosshead of a horizontal engine was running so hot that the guides and frame were hardly touchable.

1976 N.Y. Times 29 Apr. 83/7 The notes being issued to pensioners were barely touchable. ‘They are horrible and filthy and could be a health hazard.’

2007 Jrnl. Hist. Sexuality 16 322 The aim seemed to be to make the penis so sensitive or painful that it was barely touchable.

†b. Fit for consumption; edible; (with for) fit to be eaten by. Chiefly in negative constructions. Cf. touch v. 17a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > edible

conceivablec1443

serviceablea1475

comestible1483

eatable1483

consumable1547

receptible1574

meatable1577

consumptible1579

devourable1603

food-fit1608

edible1611

manducable1614

esculent1626

cibarious1656

mandible1656

deglutible1661

eduliousa1682

edule1699

swallowable1818

christena1838

touchable1845

munchable1868

gorgeable1883

noshable1966

1845 C. Harpur in Weekly Reg. Politics, Facts & Gen. Lit. 29 Mar. 146/3 In the ‘Patriot's’ ladle There's nought that's touchable for scum you know!

1863 in H. Adams Let. 3 Sept. (1982) I. 382 The dinner even to my appetite, was barely touchable.

1881 W. Black Pupil of Aurelius ii, in Beautiful Wretch III. 177 The butter was not touchable.

a. That one is permitted to touch (in various senses of touch v.); esp. that can legitimately be interfered with or made use of (cf. touch v. 17a). Frequently in negative constructions. Cf. untouchable adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > usable

usablea1382

workable1545

employable1588

prevailable1624

enjoyable1645

touchable1822

utilizable1881

1822 John Bull 22 Apr. 565/3 So jealous is the Corporate Body of its standing orders, and its privileges, and its restrictions, that they are held not ‘touchable’.

1860 Deb. Houses Legislature S. Austral. (2nd Parl., 1st Sess.) 387 In English law the property of a minor was not touchable.

1914 Bakersfield Californian 31 Jan. 5/3 Moran's backers agreed to deposit the sum to the credit of Johnson, with the proviso that it would be touchable only by Johnson's wife at 2 p. m. on the day of the fight.

1983 ‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl iii. 56 Having touched him once, she wasn't sure that he was touchable again.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Mar. a4/6 Now the army is completely pacified, eliminated as a power from the political scene... Now the military is touchable.

b. Also with capital initial. Belonging or relating to one of the higher-caste Hindu groups, as distinct from the lowest-caste group or the people outside the caste system (see untouchable n.).

ΚΠ

1851 Calcutta Rev. 16 Misc. Notices p. ii Besides the nine species of ordeal, there was another set apart for persons not touchable, comprising menials, Chandalas, and Mlechas.

1912 Census of India 1911 XIV. i. iv. 192 An untouchable becomes touchable by adopting Christianity.

1931 Times 1 Dec. 16/2 We can conceive no greater social separation than between any two communities than that which exists between the touchable and untouchable Hindus.

1997 A. Roy God of Small Things (1998) iv. 121 He knew that all the other Touchable workers in the factory resented Velutha for ancient reasons of their own.

5. Pleasant to touch; inspiring a desire to touch. Chiefly with reference to a person's hair and skin.

ΚΠ

1939 J. W. Bellah in Amer. Mag. Mar. 78/2 She had never seen a youth with such touchable hair.

1972 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 21 Sept. 6/4 (advt.) A particular type of sportcoat for men only. Breaking out in touchable velvet.

1997 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Health & Beauty Suppl.) 10 The Prescriptives Beam collection is all about golden accents for glowing, touchable skin.

2004 Hairstyle Summer 20/2 To keep it touchable, opt for a lightweight mousse or lotion rather than a firm-hold gel.

Derivatives

touchaˈbility n. the quality or state of being touchable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun] > suitability to be touched

handler1807

touchability1903

1903 Commerc. West 21 Mar. 11/1 The new building would be a temple of folly—a monument to the ‘touchability’ of leading citizens.

1914 Univ. Calif. Chron. Oct. 375 Touchability is as unintelligible apart from mind as see-ability.

1944 G. B. Shaw Everybody's Polit. What's What? viii. 61 Equality of income and complete touchability and marriageability exist at present at different levels in the trades, the professions, the ranks, and the classes.

2004 Hairstyle Summer 65/1 Touchability is a key element for hair this season.

ˈtouchableness n. = touchability n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun]

palpability1601

touchableness1620

tactility1660

tangibility1665

touch1684

tangibleness1727

tactuality1858

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 66 Also visiblenesse, touchablenesse, which are inseparable both in state of mortalitie, and in the state of glory.

1895 Jrnl. Proc. & Addr. National Educ. Assoc. U.S. 1894 859 The habit of mind called above ‘touchableness’—responsiveness to others' needs and conditions.

2000 Human Stud. 25 188 We can run a hand along the pen. Here we find touching, the thing touched, and the touchableness of the pen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	touchable
释义	touchableadj. Brit. /ˈtʌtʃəbl/, U.S. /ˈtətʃəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English–1600s toucheable, 1500s– touchable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: touch v., -able suffix. Etymology: < touch v. + -able suffix. Compare Middle French, French touchable that can be handled or touched (beginning of the 14th cent. in Old French). 1. That may be perceived by the sense of touch; tangible; palpable; (also) able or available to be touched. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [adjective] touchablec1384 treatablec1384 palpable1395 gropable14.. maniable1483 tangible1589 tactable1611 tactile1615 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Heb. xii. 18 Or toucheable [Douce 369(2) ȝe han not come to the tretable fyer glossed or able for to touche; L. tractabilem]. 1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde ii. f. 18 The truest touchestone, of all properties, trying both toucheable and tasteable qualities. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xlvii. §469 To the end that things touchable may in lying down gently affect us. a1680 J. Harrington Horæ Consecratæ (1682) 216 To our natural Bodies, natural things are touchable, so to our spiritual bodies, spiritual substances, as Angels, may be Tangible. 1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick i. 6 Those gross Bodies that are visible and touchable. 1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (1869) I. 13 In that case, we should have no idea of objects as seeable, as hearable, as touchable, or tasteable. 1866 Edinb. Rev. July 133 We cannot touch anything touchable without the rude idea that it occupies space. 1935 Mind 44 377 Common-sense man lives in the coloured, sounding, scented, touchable world of sense-data. 1987 P. Lively Moon Tiger xii. 144 No one, nowadays, gets closer to visible touchable wealth than their bank statement. 2014 New Yorker 3 Nov. 56/3 I saw crew members wiping down handrails and other touchable surfaces. 2. Capable of being convinced, persuaded, or moved; open to influence; impressionable. Cf. touch v. 28. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective] > susceptible to something spec. sensible1611 countablea1616 susceptive1637 touchable1642 susceptible1646 1642 D. Rogers Naaman Contents sig. f2/1 Touchable and tractable natures in shew to take counsel. 1720 J. Smith Unreasonableness of Deism 114 I can readily believe him touchable in Humane Nature. 1822 Examiner 10 Mar. 154/2 Every mind touchable by musical sounds. 1890 Church Union (N.Y.) May Such of our readers as are touchable by the appeal of this writer. 1908 Saddlery & Harness Jan. 26/1 By this time he ought to know their individual dispositions and how to find their touchable side. 1977 Newsweek (Nexis) 30 May 79 Angell has a sharp eye, a clear mind, a touchable heart and a streak of poetry. 2007 USA Today (Nexis) 13 June 3 d There might be a soul that is touchable and reachable. 3. a. In an appropriate condition to be touched; that may be touched without causing harm, pain, etc. Frequently in negative constructions. ΚΠ 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. xcv. 23 Direct her [sc. the nymph] to be cleaned and cloathed..so that she should be touchable. 1888 Jrnl. & Proc. Hamilton Assoc. 1886–7 & 1887–8 4 46 It becomes so hot as to be barely touchable with the naked hand. 1897 Power Oct. 3/2 The crosshead of a horizontal engine was running so hot that the guides and frame were hardly touchable. 1976 N.Y. Times 29 Apr. 83/7 The notes being issued to pensioners were barely touchable. ‘They are horrible and filthy and could be a health hazard.’ 2007 Jrnl. Hist. Sexuality 16 322 The aim seemed to be to make the penis so sensitive or painful that it was barely touchable. †b. Fit for consumption; edible; (with for) fit to be eaten by. Chiefly in negative constructions. Cf. touch v. 17a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > edible conceivablec1443 serviceablea1475 comestible1483 eatable1483 consumable1547 receptible1574 meatable1577 consumptible1579 devourable1603 food-fit1608 edible1611 manducable1614 esculent1626 cibarious1656 mandible1656 deglutible1661 eduliousa1682 edule1699 swallowable1818 christena1838 touchable1845 munchable1868 gorgeable1883 noshable1966 1845 C. Harpur in Weekly Reg. Politics, Facts & Gen. Lit. 29 Mar. 146/3 In the ‘Patriot's’ ladle There's nought that's touchable for scum you know! 1863 in H. Adams Let. 3 Sept. (1982) I. 382 The dinner even to my appetite, was barely touchable. 1881 W. Black Pupil of Aurelius ii, in Beautiful Wretch III. 177 The butter was not touchable. 4. a. That one is permitted to touch (in various senses of touch v.); esp. that can legitimately be interfered with or made use of (cf. touch v. 17a). Frequently in negative constructions. Cf. untouchable adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > usable usablea1382 workable1545 employable1588 prevailable1624 enjoyable1645 touchable1822 utilizable1881 1822 John Bull 22 Apr. 565/3 So jealous is the Corporate Body of its standing orders, and its privileges, and its restrictions, that they are held not ‘touchable’. 1860 Deb. Houses Legislature S. Austral. (2nd Parl., 1st Sess.) 387 In English law the property of a minor was not touchable. 1914 Bakersfield Californian 31 Jan. 5/3 Moran's backers agreed to deposit the sum to the credit of Johnson, with the proviso that it would be touchable only by Johnson's wife at 2 p. m. on the day of the fight. 1983 ‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl iii. 56 Having touched him once, she wasn't sure that he was touchable again. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Mar. a4/6 Now the army is completely pacified, eliminated as a power from the political scene... Now the military is touchable. b. Also with capital initial. Belonging or relating to one of the higher-caste Hindu groups, as distinct from the lowest-caste group or the people outside the caste system (see untouchable n.). ΚΠ 1851 Calcutta Rev. 16 Misc. Notices p. ii Besides the nine species of ordeal, there was another set apart for persons not touchable, comprising menials, Chandalas, and Mlechas. 1912 Census of India 1911 XIV. i. iv. 192 An untouchable becomes touchable by adopting Christianity. 1931 Times 1 Dec. 16/2 We can conceive no greater social separation than between any two communities than that which exists between the touchable and untouchable Hindus. 1997 A. Roy God of Small Things (1998) iv. 121 He knew that all the other Touchable workers in the factory resented Velutha for ancient reasons of their own. 5. Pleasant to touch; inspiring a desire to touch. Chiefly with reference to a person's hair and skin. ΚΠ 1939 J. W. Bellah in Amer. Mag. Mar. 78/2 She had never seen a youth with such touchable hair. 1972 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 21 Sept. 6/4 (advt.) A particular type of sportcoat for men only. Breaking out in touchable velvet. 1997 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Health & Beauty Suppl.) 10 The Prescriptives Beam collection is all about golden accents for glowing, touchable skin. 2004 Hairstyle Summer 20/2 To keep it touchable, opt for a lightweight mousse or lotion rather than a firm-hold gel. Derivatives touchaˈbility n. the quality or state of being touchable. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun] > suitability to be touched handler1807 touchability1903 1903 Commerc. West 21 Mar. 11/1 The new building would be a temple of folly—a monument to the ‘touchability’ of leading citizens. 1914 Univ. Calif. Chron. Oct. 375 Touchability is as unintelligible apart from mind as see-ability. 1944 G. B. Shaw Everybody's Polit. What's What? viii. 61 Equality of income and complete touchability and marriageability exist at present at different levels in the trades, the professions, the ranks, and the classes. 2004 Hairstyle Summer 65/1 Touchability is a key element for hair this season. ˈtouchableness n. = touchability n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun] palpability1601 touchableness1620 tactility1660 tangibility1665 touch1684 tangibleness1727 tactuality1858 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 66 Also visiblenesse, touchablenesse, which are inseparable both in state of mortalitie, and in the state of glory. 1895 Jrnl. Proc. & Addr. National Educ. Assoc. U.S. 1894 859 The habit of mind called above ‘touchableness’—responsiveness to others' needs and conditions. 2000 Human Stud. 25 188 We can run a hand along the pen. Here we find touching, the thing touched, and the touchableness of the pen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1384
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