sensiferous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin sensifer; sensus (sense) + ferre (to bear).

Adjective[edit]

sensiferous (not comparable)

  1. Exciting or conveying sensation.
    • 1894, Thomas Henry Huxley, Hume, with Helps to the Study of Berkeley:
      Whatever be the apparent diversities among the sensiferous apparatuses , however , they share certain common characters . Each consists of a receptive , a transmissive , and a sensificatory portion

References[edit]

sensiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.