sensive
English
Etymology
Adjective
sensive (comparative more sensive, superlative most sensive)
- (obsolete) Having sense or sensibility; sensitive or sensory.
- 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:
- shall sensive things be so sencelesse as to resist sence?
References
- “sensive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.