Associations to the word «Untouchable»

Wiktionary

UNTOUCHABLE, adjective. Not able to be touched.
UNTOUCHABLE, noun. A criminal so adept, they cannot be arrested or convicted.
UNTOUCHABLE, noun. A pariah.
UNTOUCHABLE, noun. In the Indian caste system, a member of the lowest caste.
UNTOUCHABLE, noun. An incorruptible law enforcement agent

Dictionary definition

UNTOUCHABLE, noun. Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India.
UNTOUCHABLE, adjective. Beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek.
UNTOUCHABLE, adjective. Impossible to assail.
UNTOUCHABLE, adjective. Forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable".
UNTOUCHABLE, adjective. ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling.
UNTOUCHABLE, adjective. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope