sensiferous

S1E1N1S1I1F4E1R1O1U1S1

adjective

Exciting or conveying sensation.

OriginLatin sensifer →
Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivesensiferous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExciting or conveying sensation.

    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

    1894, Thomas Henry Huxley, Hume, with Helps to the Study of Berkeley

Origin

  1. Latinsensifer
  2. Englishsensiferous

Latin sensifer; sensus (“sense”) + ferre (“to bear”). By surface analysis, sense + -i- + -fer + -ous.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sensiferous

carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

sensiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensiferous

MLA

“sensiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensiferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sensiferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensiferous.

Source: sensiferous on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.