passible

[ pas-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of feeling, especially suffering; susceptible of sensation or emotion; impressionable.

passible

/ ˈpæsɪbəl /

adjective

1. susceptible to emotion or suffering; able to feel

Derived Forms

• ˌpassiˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• passi·bili·ty noun
• non·passi·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of passible¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word passibilis. See passion, -ible

Word History and Origins

Origin of passible¹

C14: from Medieval Latin passibilis, from Latin patī to suffer; see passion

Example Sentences

Passible, pas′i-bl, adj. susceptible of suffering, or of impressions from external agents.

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Sense organs, sense better without medium however passible, iv.

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Qualities, because they change, matter must be passible, iii.

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Passible, "obedient and passible" (M33,a), able to feel or suffer.

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The disciples of Thales and Pythagoras grant that all bodies are passible and divisible into infinity.

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