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es-2Esta persona tiene un conocimiento intermedio del español.
gl-2Este usuario ten un coñecemento intermedio de galego.
la-2Hic usor lingua Latina mediae difficultatis conferre potest.
ang-1Þes brucere understent Ænglisc geþeode na micele.
ast-1Esti usuariu tien un conocimientu básicu d'asturianu.
de-1Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf grundlegendem Niveau.
fr-1Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances de base en français.
grc-1Ὅδε ὁ χρώμενος στοιχειώδη γνῶσιν τῆς ἀρχαίας ἑλληνικῆς ἔχει.
nl-1Deze gebruiker heeft elementaire kennis van het Nederlands.
pt-1Este utilizador tem um nível básico de português.
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You can leave a message for me here by using my User Talk page. I have been an admin since 3 May 2006, and a bureaucrat since 12 July 2009.

You may also visit my user page on Wikisource.

"Enthusiasts without capacity are the really dangerous people." —Lichtenberg, Aphorismen

My work around here varies from day to day. I participate in page expansion and cleanup, editing, adding new entries, and adding pronunciations. I periodically add quotations from books that have entered public domain, which often results in new entries, new senses, and definition cleanup.

Perhaps the biggest effort I made was contributing towards Latin and Galician. I used to be heavily involved in coordinating the Word of the Day selections, but have since turned that over into other capable hands.

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WT:AN | WT:BP | WT:DW | WT:GP | WT:VOTE
WT:ELE | WT:POS | WT:QUOTE | WT:STYLE
WT:ALA | FitBot


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Word of the day
for December 16
sensibility n
  1. (countable, uncountable, often in the plural) Emotions or feelings arising from or relating to aesthetic or moral standards, especially those which are sensitive and thus likely to be hurt or offended.
  2. (uncountable) The ability to feel, perceive, or sense; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity; also, the degree to which someone or something (especially a sensory organ or tissue) is able to respond to sensory stimuli.
  3. (uncountable) The quality of being easily affected by external forces or stimuli; also, of a measuring instrument: the quality of being able to detect small changes in the environment.
  4. (uncountable) Keen sensitivity to matters of creative expression or feeling; artistic or emotional awareness.
    1. (specifically, archaic) Affected or excessive artistic or emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional; overemotionality.
  5. (uncountable, archaic)
    1. Awareness; also, understanding.
    2. The capacity of something to be perceived by the senses; perceptibility.
    3. (botany) Of a plant or one of its parts: the ability to move in response to a stimulus.
  6. (uncountable, philosophy) The ability to perceive or sense as opposed to the ability to understand; also, in the philosophy of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): emotion or feeling as opposed to the will.
  7. (countable, obsolete)
    1. An emotional sense or understanding of something.
    2. A sign or token of appreciation or gratitude.

The English novelist Jane Austen was born on this day 250 years ago in 1775. Her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, was published in 1811.

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