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passible

[ pas-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of feeling, especially suffering; susceptible of sensation or emotion; impressionable.


passible

/ ˈpæsɪbəl /

adjective

  1. susceptible to emotion or suffering; able to feel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌpassiˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • passi·bili·ty noun
  • non·passi·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of passible1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word passibilis. See passion, -ible
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Word History and Origins

Origin of passible1

C14: from Medieval Latin passibilis, from Latin patī to suffer; see passion
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Example Sentences

“They transmitted to us a desire to help as much as passible,” said the Rev. Bárbaro Abel Marrero Castellanos, president of the Baptist Convention of Western Cuba.

“They transmitted to us a desire to help as much as passible,” said the Rev. Bárbaro Abel Marrero Castellanos, president of the Baptist Convention of Western Cuba.

Ms. Sherman held out hope that it was passible to make “genuine progress through diplomacy.”

The font of the letters is nearly bang on, the chips look great and the chicken very passible.

From BBC

Probably it is not passible to love two people in the same way, but there are different kinds of low.

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