sensitive
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus.
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Adjective [edit]
sensitive (comparative more sensitive, superlative most sensitive)
- Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.2.i:
- The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.2.i:
- Responsive to stimuli.
- Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.
- Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.
- Of an issue, capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
- Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.
- Accurate (instrument)
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Translations [edit]
responsive to stimuli
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of a person
of an issue
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of an instrument
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Noun [edit]
sensitive (plural sensitives)
- One with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
- 2003, Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2
- Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.
- 2003, Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2
French [edit]
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Adjective [edit]
sensitive
- feminine form of sensitif
Noun [edit]
sensitive f (plural sensitives)
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Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
sensitive f
- Feminine plural form of sensitivo
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Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
sensitive
- vocative masculine singular of sensitivus
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