nonsensitive
Meaningnot feeling
Common meaning: not easily affected
Other meanings: not secret
- nonnot
- sensto feel, perceive with the sensesLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1672 · scan
- itiveadjective ending: tending to
‘not’ + ‘to feel, perceive with the senses’ → nonsensitive
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin sentiō ‘to feel, perceive with the senses’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sentiō, p. 1672 · dictionary scan
Roots
- sentiō, sēnsī, sēnsum Latin “to feel, perceive with the senses”
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