susceptibleness

2 definitions found

susceptibleness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster] -- Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. --
        Sus*cep"ti*bly, adv.
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susceptibleness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  susceptibleness
      n 1: the state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn:
           susceptibility, susceptibleness] [ant: immunity,
           unsusceptibility]