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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1652
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Tacturiency, n. [L. *tactūrīre desiderative verb f. tangere.] The desire of touching. — 1652 Urquhart Jewel in Wks. (1834) 236.
The visuriency of either, by ushering the tacturiency of both, made the attrectation of both consequent to the inspection of either
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