Meanings
comparative more emotionable · superlative most emotionable
- rareParticularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
His was the genuine Celtic temperament—poetic, excitable, emotionable, unreasoning.
1887, Emily Lawless, Hurrish: A Study, page 242 more examples
Delicat and subtle are the dealings of nature whereby the emotionable sense secretly is touch'd to awareness
1929, Robert Seymour Bridges, The Testament of Beauty, page 529Consequently man was an emotionable being and this emotion was the basis for morality.
2007, Ulrich Libbrecht, Within the Four Seas: Introduction to Comparative Philosophy, →ISBN, page 578Synonyms: emotional, passionate, touchy-feely
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveParticularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinēmoveō
- Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
- Old Frenchesmovoir
- Middle Frenchesmouvoir
- Middle Frenchemotion
- Englishemotion
- Englishemotionable
Translations
Romanian emoționabil
- emoționabilexpressive
Cite this entry
emotionable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionable
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