sensiferousadj.

Brit.

/sɛnˈsɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/sɛnˈsɪfərəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sensifer , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin sensifer that causes sensation ( < sensus sense n. + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix; compare -ferous comb. form.

Now rare.

Conveying or producing sensations; (in later use) spec. designating the parts of the nervous system responsible for sensation (= sensory adj. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] > conveying sensuous impressions

conveying1592

sensory1651

sensiferous1656

sensitory1712

sensor1840

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sensiferous, that bringeth sence or feeling.

1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. viii. 208 Besides that the sensiferous impresses of motion through the eyes play under them.

1714 in T. Creech tr. Lucretius Of Nature of Things (new ed.) I. iii. 219/2 (note) Therefore that fourth Nature ought to govern, that it may impart out of it self to the other three, the Motions that are call'd Sensiferous, i. e. that confer Sense.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 356 Two jointed sensiferous organs.

1879 T. H. Huxley in Nineteenth Cent. Apr. 597 (heading) On sensation and the unity of structure of sensiferous organs.

1889 Amer. Naturalist 23 220 While its respiration, chlorophyl, and modes of reproduction seem to affiliate it [sc. Volvox] with the plant kingdom, the obvious differentiation of a system of anterior organs, which refuse any other identification than that of sensiferous structures give it claims upon the animal kingdom.

1927 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 27 243 Considerable confusion has arisen from assuming too readily that sensation must be present to any organism which possesses what are called sensiferous organs, and which reacts to environmental stimulation.

1951 Wasmann Jrnl. Biol. 9 60 Color [of the leech Theromyzon rude] variable with rounded spots of yellow, orange or brown, the most constant at the sensiferous tubercles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sensiferous
释义	sensiferousadj. Brit. /sɛnˈsɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /sɛnˈsɪfərəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sensifer , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin sensifer that causes sensation ( < sensus sense n. + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix; compare -ferous comb. form. Now rare. Conveying or producing sensations; (in later use) spec. designating the parts of the nervous system responsible for sensation (= sensory adj. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] > conveying sensuous impressions conveying1592 sensory1651 sensiferous1656 sensitory1712 sensor1840 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sensiferous, that bringeth sence or feeling. 1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. viii. 208 Besides that the sensiferous impresses of motion through the eyes play under them. 1714 in T. Creech tr. Lucretius Of Nature of Things (new ed.) I. iii. 219/2 (note) Therefore that fourth Nature ought to govern, that it may impart out of it self to the other three, the Motions that are call'd Sensiferous, i. e. that confer Sense. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 356 Two jointed sensiferous organs. 1879 T. H. Huxley in Nineteenth Cent. Apr. 597 (heading) On sensation and the unity of structure of sensiferous organs. 1889 Amer. Naturalist 23 220 While its respiration, chlorophyl, and modes of reproduction seem to affiliate it [sc. Volvox] with the plant kingdom, the obvious differentiation of a system of anterior organs, which refuse any other identification than that of sensiferous structures give it claims upon the animal kingdom. 1927 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 27 243 Considerable confusion has arisen from assuming too readily that sensation must be present to any organism which possesses what are called sensiferous organs, and which reacts to environmental stimulation. 1951 Wasmann Jrnl. Biol. 9 60 Color [of the leech Theromyzon rude] variable with rounded spots of yellow, orange or brown, the most constant at the sensiferous tubercles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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