sensigenous

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adjective

Causing or exciting sensation.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos) ← Proto-Hellenic *génos →
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Meanings

adjectivesensigenous (comparative more sensigenous, superlative most sensigenous)

comparative more sensigenous · superlative most sensigenous

  1. Causing or exciting sensation.

    it is becoming clear that the more perfect the sensory apparatus, the more completely do these sensigenous cells take on the form of delicate rods or filaments

    1877, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  2. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  3. Latinsentiō
  4. Latinsēnsu
  5. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  6. Frankish*sinn
  7. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  8. Old Frenchsens
  9. Middle Englishsense
  10. Englishsense
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  13. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  14. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  17. Englishsensigenous

From sense + -i- + -genous.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

igneousness
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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