Found 2 items, similar to Susceptibleness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: susceptibleness
susceptibleness
n : the state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn:
susceptibility]
[ant:
unsusceptibility]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Susceptibleness
Susceptible
\Sus*cep"ti*ble\, a. [F., from L. suscipere,
susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize,
admit; pref. sus (see
Sub-) + capere to take. See
Capable.]
1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change,
affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body
susceptible of color or of alteration.
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It sheds on souls susceptible of light,
The glorious dawn of our eternal day. --Young.
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2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility;
impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more
susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
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Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of
affronts. --Cowper.
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I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb.
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Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. --
Sus*cep"ti*bly, adv.
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