sensation
See also: Sensation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sensation (countable and uncountable, plural sensations)
- A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
- 1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind:
- Confining ourselves, for the moment, to sensations, we find that there are different degrees of publicity attaching to different sorts of sensations. If you feel a toothache when the other people in the room do not, you are in no way surprised; but if you hear a clap of thunder when they do not, you begin to be alarmed as to your mental condition.
- 2008, Tamar Love, “Turning On in the Tub”, in The Sensual Bath: Soaking in Pleasure and Passion[1] (Sex/Relationships), Sterling/Ravenous, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 86, column 1:
- Water and electricity might not mix, but water and battery-powered fun sure do. Whether you are using a vibe alone or with a partner, in the tub or in the shower, the sensation of intense vibration feels especially nice underwater. Although waterproof vibrators can resemble anything from a lipstick to a kitty cat, most have one of four basic designs.
- (psychology, physiology) Excitation of sensory organs.
- Coordinate term: perception
- 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization[2], Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:
- In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […] no sensation; […]
- A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
- 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
- “Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […] ”
- 1937, H. P. Lovecraft, The Thing on the Doorstep:
- Young Derby's odd genius developed remarkably, and in his eighteenth year his collected nightmare-lyrics made a real sensation when issued under the title Azathoth and Other Horrors.
- (figurative, uncommon, dated) A remarkable person.
- Synonym: event
- You truly are a sensation.
- (slang, archaic) A small serving of gin or sherry.
- 1852, George Butler Earp, Gold Seeker's Manual, page 52:
- A Sensation . . . . Half-a-glass of sherry.
- 1869, Meliora, volume 12, page 47:
- When men go into a 'sluicery' for a 'sensation,' a 'drain,' or a 'common sewer,' they call the glass of gin they seek, in allusion to the juniper, a 'nipper,' or, more briefly, a 'nip,' occasionally a 'bite,' and not unfrequently it turns out a 'flogger.'
Hyponyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]physical feeling
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widespread excitement
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References
[edit]- (small serving of gin): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Further reading
[edit]- “sensation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sensation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “sensation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sensationem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sensation f (plural sensations)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sensation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]sensation c
- a sensation ((something causing) widespread excitement)
- (psychology) a sensation (perception)
- Synonym: sinnesintryck
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | sensation | sensations |
| definite | sensationen | sensationens | |
| plural | indefinite | sensationer | sensationers |
| definite | sensationerna | sensationernas |
Derived terms
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