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 Definitions of untouchable  [ʌnˈtʌtʃ ə bəl]  

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Definition of 'untouchable' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) untouchable
that may not be touched; not palpable; intangible.

2.  untouchable
too distant to be touched.

3.  untouchable
vile or loathsome to the touch.

4.  untouchable
beyond criticism, control, or suspicion.

5. (n.) untouchable
a member of a lower caste in India whose touch was formerly believed to defile a high-caste Hindu.

6.  untouchable
a person disregarded or shunned by society or a particular group; social outcast.

7.  untouchable
a person or thing considered inviolable or beyond criticism.

Etymology:  (1560–70)

Definition of 'untouchable' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) untouchable, Harijan
belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

2. (adj) untouchable
beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
"for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek

3. (adj) unassailable, untouchable
impossible to assail

4. (adj) untouchable
forbidden to the touch
"in most museums such articles are untouchable"

5. (adj) untouchable
( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling

6. (adj) inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable
not capable of being obtained
"a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"



'untouchable' - Nearby Entries  

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