sensive

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adjective

Having sense or sensibility; sensitive or sensory.

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Meanings

adjectivesensive (comparative more sensive, superlative most sensive)

comparative more sensive · superlative most sensive

  1. obsoleteHaving sense or sensibility; sensitive or sensory.

    shall sensive things be so sencelesse as to resist sence?

    The New Arcadia

    a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC

Origin

From sense + -ive?

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APA

sensive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensive

MLA

“sensive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sensive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensive.

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