Sensible Definition

sĕnsə-bəl
adjective
sensiblest
Perceptible to the intellect.
Webster's New World
Not ornate or impractical.
A sensible hairdo; sensible shoes.
American Heritage
That can cause physical sensation; perceptible to the senses.
Webster's New World
Easily perceived or noticed; marked; striking; appreciable.
Webster's New World
Having a perception of something; cognizant.
American Heritage Medicine
noun

(obsolete) Sensation; sensibility.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) That which impresses itself on the senses; anything perceptible.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Sensible

Adjective

Base Form:
sensible
Superlative:
sensiblest

Origin of Sensible

  • From Latin sensibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible"), from sentire (“to feel, perceive"), past participle sensus.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin sēnsibilis from sēnsus sense sense

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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