TACTS
Noun
tacts
plural of tact
Anagrams
• scatt
Source: Wiktionary
TACT
Tact, n. Etym: [L. tactus a touching, touch, fr. tangere, tactum, to
touch: cf. F. tact. See Tangent.]
1. The sense of touch; feeling.
Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well
as sight Southey.
Now, sight is a very refined tact. J. Le Conte.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: The stroke in beating time.
3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception
or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is
required by circumstances.
He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to those of
Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a tact and wariness
worthy of Mazarin. Macaulay.
A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her
sex surpassed the tact of ours. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition