insensible
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin insensibilis
Adjective [edit]
insensible (comparative more insensible, superlative most insensible)
- Unable to be perceived by the senses.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.
- Dryden
- They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Fate of the Artemis[1]:
- “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Fate of the Artemis[1]:
- Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
- Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
- Sir M. Hale
- If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed.
- Sir M. Hale
- Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
- Dryden
- Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
- Sir H. Wotton
- Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 138
- In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection...
- Dryden
- Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.
Derived terms [edit]
French [edit]
Adjective [edit]
insensible (masculine and feminine, plural insensibles)
Spanish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
insensible m and f (plural insensibles)
