multisense

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adjective

Involving more than one of the senses, e.g. both sight and touch.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivemultisense (not comparable)
  1. not comparableInvolving more than one of the senses, e.g. both sight and touch.
  2. not comparablehuman sciencesHaving more than one sense (distinct meaning).

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  9. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  10. Latinsentiō
  11. Latinsēnsu
  12. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  13. Frankish*sinn
  14. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  15. Old Frenchsens
  16. Middle Englishsense
  17. Englishsense
  18. Englishmultisense

From multi- + sense.

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APA

multisense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multisense

MLA

“multisense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multisense. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multisense,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multisense.

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