passible

American  

[pas-uh-buhl] / ˈpæs ə bəl /

adjective

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

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passible British  

/ ˈpæsɪbəl /

adjective

1. susceptible to emotion or suffering; able to feel

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Other Word Forms

• nonpassible adjective
• passibility noun

Etymology

Origin of passible

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

Example Sentences

“They transmitted to us a desire to help as much as passible,” said the Rev. Bárbaro Abel Marrero Castellanos, president of the Baptist Convention of Western Cuba.

From Seattle Times

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

From New York Times

The font of the letters is nearly bang on, the chips look great and the chicken very passible.

From BBC

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

From Literature

But Mr. Trump might not endorse all the group’s tactics: A video it released earlier in the race ridicules the old show “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” featuring a narrator with, at best, a passible Robin Leach impression.

From New York Times