† passiblenessn.
Obsolete.
= passibility n. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun]
passibilitya1398
passibleness?a1425
sensibleness?a1425
sensibility?c1425
sense1538
perceptibility1642
sensitiveness1651
passivity1664
aesthesia1829
sentience1839
sentiencya1850
sensitivity1856
sensation1869
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [noun]
sufferancec1374
passibilitya1398
passibleness?a1425
sense1536
resentment1640
impressiveness1663
impressibility1751
susceptibility1782
responsiveness1791
impressionability1835
affectability1836
affectivity1854
responsivitya1856
impressionableness1858
suscipiency1885
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 107 v Passiblenez [?c1425 Paris tholinge; L. passibilitas] of iunncturez, & most of þe fete, may not thole vsez of noying þingez in notable quantite.
a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xxv. 181 It [sc. heresy of Eutiches and Dioscorus] drew after it, the heresie of the passiblenesse of the deitie.
1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life 347 After all there must be some kind of passibleness in God, else there could be no genuine character in him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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