SENSIBILITY


Meaning of SENSIBILITY in English

n. (pl. -ies) 1 capacity to feel (little finger lost its sensibility). 2 a openness to emotional impressions, susceptibility, sensitiveness (sensibility to kindness). b an exceptional or excessive degree of this (sense and sensibility). 3 (in pl.) a tendency to feel offended etc.

[ ME f. LL sensibilitas (as SENSIBLE) ]

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