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sensible

/ˈsensəbəl/SEN-suh-buhl
/ˈsɛnsəbəl/SEN-suh-buhl

Meaningable to be sensed

Common meaning: showing good sense

Other meanings: practical

Journey through time

  1. Latinsensum‘feeling’source
  2. Frenchsens‘wit, sense’source
  3. Englishsense‘a power of perceiving’
  4. Englishformed in English from sensesensible‘showing good sense’ · today

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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from sense + -ible.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SENSE, p.540 · scan

Source words

  • sensum Latin · source word “feeling”

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