haptonasty

H4A1P3T1O1N1A1S1T1Y4

noun

A nastic response to touch.

Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounhaptonasty (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA nastic response to touch.

Origin

From hapto- + -nasty.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

haptonasty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haptonasty

MLA

“haptonasty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haptonasty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haptonasty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haptonasty.

Source: haptonasty on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.