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passible

American  
[pas-uh-buhl] / ˈpæs ə bəl /

adjective

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


passible British  
/ ˈpæsɪbəl /

adjective

  1. susceptible to emotion or suffering; able to feel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of passible

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

Example Sentences

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Ms. Sherman held out hope that it was passible to make “genuine progress through diplomacy.”

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022

Probably it is not passible to love two people in the same way, but there are different kinds of low.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

But then He had a passible and a mortal body.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Now although Christ had a passible body, He fully enjoyed God in His mind.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

For even Christ Himself, by reason of His passible life, "was made a little lower than the angels," according to Heb.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

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