SUSCEPTIBLE


Meaning of SUSCEPTIBLE in English

adj.1 impressionable, sensitive; easily moved by emotion.

2 (predic.) a (foll. by to) likely to be affected by; liable or vulnerable to (susceptible to pain). b (foll. by of) allowing; admitting of (facts not susceptible of proof).

Derivatives:

susceptibly adv.

Etymology: LL susceptibilis f. L suscipere suscept- (as SUB-, capere take)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.