unsensibleadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsensible.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

a. = insensible adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adjective] > not perceptible by the senses or beyond the senses

unsensiblec1380

insensible1509

imperceptible1536

ungropable1558

untouchable1567

unfeelable1609

unsensive1616

intactible1623

intangible1640

supersensual1647

intactile1660

supersensitive1701

touchless1767

supersensible1795

untangible1816

insensile1822

ungraspable1822

suprasensitive1825

suprasensible1831

suprasensuous1838

subsensual1840

unsensuous1850

supersensational1853

insensuousa1861

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 55 It was bigynnyng of tyme unsensible to mannis witt.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 148 Þei trowen to sensible wordis, and oþer signes þat men maken, but unsensible wordis of Goddis Sone..þei trowen litil or nouȝt.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 100 To a-wowe is, a resonable creature to obey him to his souereyn, to kep sum hard þing þat is sensible, or vns[ens]ible.

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1335/2 Vnder anye of the twoo outwarde sensible Sacramentes..the whole inwarde vnsensyble Sacramente..is..fullye conteyned.

1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. Q1^v That you say vnsensible, it is true, if you meane the spirituall grace, which is not subiect to sense.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 285 To extend reason from..things sensible to things vnsensible,..from bodily to spirituall.

1656 M. Casaubon Treat. Enthvsiasme To Rdr. Neither do I think so meanly of any truth, that can be reduced to any reality, whether sensible or unsensible.

b. = insensible adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] > (naturally) imperceptible to senses > so slight, etc., as to be imperceptible

imperceptible?a1475

unsensible1545

insensible1584

undistinguishable1600

indistinguishable1642

inappreciable1862

1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.vi The blud the whiche daylye and hourely, by vnsensyble swettinge euaporatith.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I6 It being set vpon such an vnsensible rising of the ground, as you are come to a prety height before almost you perceiue that you ascend.

a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) ii. 10 For which reason, the corruption of speech growing vpon them, by little and little, the change hath beene vnsensible.

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix 957 No man becomes extreamely vitious on a sudden, but by unsensible gradations.

c. Imperceptible by reason of minuteness.

ΚΠ

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Def. A Poynt..is named of Geometricians that small and vnsensible shape, whiche hath in it no partes.

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xv. sig. E ij The angle..groweth so acute, and vnsensible, that great errour ensueth the least mistakyng.

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 9 The present time is so small and unsensible, that it is almost of no continuance.

2. = insensible adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]

uncouthc897

unnimlyc1225

incomprehensiblea1340

unsearchablec1384

unknowable?c1400

investigablea1425

uncomprehensiblea1425

unthinkablec1445

imperscrutablec1450

inscrutablec1450

inopinable?a1475

incomprenable1502

unspectable?1504

incogitablec1522

uncogitable1529

impenetrable1531

inimaginable1534

inexplicable1555

unsensible1555

unscrutable1562

unfashionable1563

unpenetrable1581

unexcogitable1592

ineffable1598

inexcogitable1599

indivinable1603

ininvestigable1604

incapable1605

searchless?1606

uncomprehensive1609

unconceivable1611

undivinable1611

unimaginable1611

unexplicable1615

unintelligible1616

unapprehensible?1617

unfathomable1617

imprehensible1622

ununderstandablea1631

indeprehensible1633

indiscernible1635

inscrute1639

inapprehensiblea1641

indiscoverable1640

unexaminable1641

impervestigable1643

fathomless1645

inconceivable1646

indeterminable1646

inexplorable1646

insearchable1647

incomprehended1652

comprehendlessa1654

incomprehensive1656

untraceable1661

uninvestigablea1677

unintelligent1683

incognoscible1691

thought-transcendinga1711

uncognizable1720

acataleptic1727

undescriptive1744

elusive1751

impalpable1781

inaccessible1796

unconjecturable1806

uncognoscible1821

unascertainable1827

unfixable1831

unguessable1832

unrealizable1832

unsurveyable1833

hard-shelled1835

unintellective1837

undeemed1845

graspless1849

unconjectured1850

incognizable1852

ungraspable1853

unreadable1853

super-cerebral1854

elusory1856

trans-conscious1865

intangible1880

uncatchable1892

unspelt1892

unplumbable1895

unknowledgeable1920

indiscutable1933

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bj^v If the greefes of them bee to thee vnsensible by reason of thy..longe sickenes.

a. = insensible adj. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective]

unfeelingc1000

dead?c1225

unwitlessc1225

insensiblec1400

unfeelablec1400

unfredeablec1450

insensate?1520

blatea1522

deaf?1527

unsensible1531

inanimatea1555

senseless1557

unsensate1561

sleeping1562

insensitive1610

unsensitive1610

torpid1613

inanimated1646

torpent1647

unperceptive1668

feelless1684

insentient1764

unsentient1768

sensationless1824

apathic1835

non-sensitive1836

zombie-like1932

zombie-esque1946

zomboid1963

zombied1972

1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. xlvij^v [Christ] died not to purchesse soch honoure vn to vnsensible thynges, y^t [etc.].

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 252 Unless he be as unsensible as a man that will put and hold his finger in the hot fire and say the fire burneth not.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Sii The two vnsensible pictures.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cal, a thicke, and vnsensible skin, or brawnie hardnesse of skin.

1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times i. 11 The secret places of Calista's affection, which were not marble, nor of any unsensible matter.

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. Postscr. 10 The unsensible and hardhearted Monster answered, he liked it very well.

b. = insensible adj. 3b, 3c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > in respect of something specified

insensible1526

unsensible1568

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [adjective]

insensible1426

senselessa1547

deadly1548

unsensible1568

slumbered1590

exanimate1619

lifeless1668

unconscious1832

impassive1846

1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 50 Rasis in his Simples writeth that the Methel maketh num or vnsensible.

a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) ii. sig. D1 Your land has laine long bed rid, and unsensible.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 191 Her often swounding kept her alive by making her become unsensible of the sharpenesse of the paine which shee felt.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 160 When the doors are shut..they [sc. bees] are dark, and unsensible of so small a heat.

1891 in G. L. Gower Surrey Words (1893) 44 I was unsensible for loss of blood.

a. = insensible adj. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally unaffected

dead1340

unsmittenc1400

unmovedc1480

unkindleda1525

senseless1560

lumpish1585

unfired1590

unaffectedc1595

incapable1601

unsensible1611

insensible1615

untouched1616

impervious1618

unanswering1632

untransported1641

beauty-proof1676

insensate1726

unsusceptible1734

uninfluenced1735

unimbued1813

unsmote1814

unsusceptive1825

unalive1828

echoless1869

non-conducting1871

unsusceptible1872

irresponsive1886

affectless1912

(a)

1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iv. sig. G4^v Vnsensible of loue, or amorous pitty.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis viii. 167 They the time beguile with speech: Vnsensible of stay.

1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 562 I mean not, that he is unsensible of the good it self, but, that..he is wholly unsensible..of the Benignity of him that does it.

a1804 in Matilda Betham Biog. Dict. Celebrated Women 452 She thought herself..too unsensible of our Lord's love to her.

(b)1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders sig. a2 It would doubtlesse make me pass for uncensible [1664 insensible], how your Majesty..inherited that same clemency.1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 39 One not altogether unsensible that he hath over-charg'd his Vocation with burthensome Cares.1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 224 I am not unsensible, how very disadvantagious it is for us [etc.].1735 J. Price Some Considerations Stone-bridge Thames 16 I am not unsensible that it may be suggested [etc.].

b. = insensible adj. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility

unfeelingc1000

mis-feelinga1382

stonishc1450

unpainfulc1450

obtuse1509

sprightlessa1522

insensate1553

senseless1560

soulless1568

dull-esprited1591

impassible1592

bluntie1598

impenetrable1600

stockish1600

stolidc1600

incapable1601

stupid1605

tasteless1605

unsensitive1610

unexalted1611

insensible1617

unsensible1619

languid1622

immovable1639

dead-hearted1642

sterile1642

resupine1643

unaffectionate1645

iron-bound1648

resentlessa1649

torpid1656

torpulent1657

impassive1699

unreceptive1722

hebete1743

apathetic1744

stubbed1744

gustless1766

unresponsive1768

unsusceptible1779

tideless-blooded1786

unaffectioned1788

inaccessible1796

hebetudinous1820

unimpressible1828

insensitive1834

apathetical1835

non-sensitive1836

blunt-hearted1845

irreceptive1846

unreceptant1846

unimpressionable1847

anaesthetic1860

insentient1860

hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862

unsqueamish1893

tone-deaf1894

unget-at-able1897

facty1901

zombie1937

pegamoid1957

1619 Bp. J. King Serm. 2 I thinke there is none so unsensible that is not moved hereat.

1650 O. Sedgwick Χριστος και Κερδος 26 Dull and unsensible men; of such did one long since complain, That [etc.].

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode ii. i. 19 Town. Methinks you speak very feelingly Brother. Old Bell. I am but Five and Fifty Sister you know, an Age not altogether unsensible!

a1699 J. Kirkton Secret & True Hist. Church Scotl. (1817) 65 Many a sober man was tempted to exceed, lest he should be condemned as unnatural, disloyal, unsensible.

5. = insensible adj. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adjective]

unwittyc1000

heartlessa1382

meana1387

conceitless?c1425

insensuat1508

insensate1528

insensible?1531

miskenning1533

unsensible1560

witless1562

unfraught1587

unconceiving1593

stupid1595

small-knowing1598

surd1601

ununderstanding1611

unapprehensible1613

unperceiving?1623

unapprehensive1624

inapprehending1652

incomprehensive1652

inapprehensive1653

impenetrative1684

blind1692

uncomprehensive1694

unpenetrating1701

unmeaning1704

vacant1712

gilly-gaupus1754

unacute1775

unapprehending1794

unpenetrative1795

unwitted1828

uncomprehending1838

irrecognizant1845

vacuous1848

incomprehending1881

mush-headed1884

wantwit1894

doofus1967

acerebral1968

brain-dead1972

goofus1981

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > irrational or dull

daftc1325

insensible?1531

roidc1540

unsensible1560

stupid1605

1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete sig. Dd ij Lyke vnreasonable beastes and vnsensyble.

1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 136 What is now more reuiled of vnsensible protestants then the shauen crowne of reuerent priesthood?

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iv. sig. C5 He found some of his aunswers..not vnsensible.

1814 M. Brunton Discipline III. xxii. 26 The poor lad was not so unsensible, but he knew to do his bidding.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xiv. 245 When the drink's out of 'em, they aren't unsensible.

6. Not showing good or sound sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]

dizzyc825

unwisec825

redelessOE

unwittyc1000

daftlikec1175

witlessc1175

canga1225

adoted?c1225

cangun?c1225

egedec1225

cangeda1250

foola1250

snepea1250

aerwittec1275

sotlyc1275

unslyc1275

unwitterc1275

unwilya1300

nicec1300

goosishc1374

unskilfulc1374

follyc1380

lewdc1380

mis-feelinga1382

dottlec1390

foltedc1390

peevishc1400

fona1425

fonnishc1425

foliousa1450

foolisha1450

daft?c1450

doitedc1450

dotyc1450

daffish1470

insapientc1470

gucked?a1500

wanwittya1500

furious1526

insipient1528

seelya1529

dawish?1529

foolage1545

momish1546

base-wittedc1547

stultitiousa1549

follifulc1550

senseless1565

mopish1568

fondish1579

unsensiblea1586

fondly1587

dizzardly1594

follial1596

featlessc1598

fopperly1599

gowkeda1605

inept1604

simple1604

anserine1607

foppish1608

silly ass1608

unsage1608

wisdomless1608

fool-beggeda1616

Gotham1621

noddy1645

badot1653

dosser-headed1655

infrunite1657

nonsensicalc1661

slight1663

sappy1670

datelessa1686

noddy-peaked1694

nizy1709

dottled1772

gypit1804

shay-brained1806

folly-stricken1807

fool-like1811

goosy1811

spoony1813

niddle-noddle1821

gumptionless1823

daftish1825

anserous1826

as crazy as a loon1830

spoonish1833

cheese-headed1836

dotty1860

fool-fool1868

noodly1870

dilly1873

gormless1883

daffy1884

monkey-doodle1886

mosy1887

jay1891

pithecanthropic1897

peanut-headed1906

dinlo1907

boob1911

goofy1921

ding-a-ling1935

jerky1944

jerk1947

jerkish1948

pointy-headed1950

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

nerkish1975

numpty1992

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xix. sig. Tt4 For nothing can be more vnsensible, then to thinke what one doth, & to forget the end why it is done.

1858 W. Bagehot Lit. Stud. (1879) II. 154 The strongest unsensible feeling in Scott was perhaps his Jacobitism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unsensible
释义	unsensibleadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsensible. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. a. = insensible adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adjective] > not perceptible by the senses or beyond the senses unsensiblec1380 insensible1509 imperceptible1536 ungropable1558 untouchable1567 unfeelable1609 unsensive1616 intactible1623 intangible1640 supersensual1647 intactile1660 supersensitive1701 touchless1767 supersensible1795 untangible1816 insensile1822 ungraspable1822 suprasensitive1825 suprasensible1831 suprasensuous1838 subsensual1840 unsensuous1850 supersensational1853 insensuousa1861 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 55 It was bigynnyng of tyme unsensible to mannis witt. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 148 Þei trowen to sensible wordis, and oþer signes þat men maken, but unsensible wordis of Goddis Sone..þei trowen litil or nouȝt. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 100 To a-wowe is, a resonable creature to obey him to his souereyn, to kep sum hard þing þat is sensible, or vns[ens]ible. 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1335/2 Vnder anye of the twoo outwarde sensible Sacramentes..the whole inwarde vnsensyble Sacramente..is..fullye conteyned. 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. Q1^v That you say vnsensible, it is true, if you meane the spirituall grace, which is not subiect to sense. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 285 To extend reason from..things sensible to things vnsensible,..from bodily to spirituall. 1656 M. Casaubon Treat. Enthvsiasme To Rdr. Neither do I think so meanly of any truth, that can be reduced to any reality, whether sensible or unsensible. b. = insensible adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] > (naturally) imperceptible to senses > so slight, etc., as to be imperceptible imperceptible?a1475 unsensible1545 insensible1584 undistinguishable1600 indistinguishable1642 inappreciable1862 1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.vi The blud the whiche daylye and hourely, by vnsensyble swettinge euaporatith. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I6 It being set vpon such an vnsensible rising of the ground, as you are come to a prety height before almost you perceiue that you ascend. a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) ii. 10 For which reason, the corruption of speech growing vpon them, by little and little, the change hath beene vnsensible. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix 957 No man becomes extreamely vitious on a sudden, but by unsensible gradations. c. Imperceptible by reason of minuteness. ΚΠ 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Def. A Poynt..is named of Geometricians that small and vnsensible shape, whiche hath in it no partes. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xv. sig. E ij The angle..groweth so acute, and vnsensible, that great errour ensueth the least mistakyng. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 9 The present time is so small and unsensible, that it is almost of no continuance. 2. = insensible adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective] uncouthc897 unnimlyc1225 incomprehensiblea1340 unsearchablec1384 unknowable?c1400 investigablea1425 uncomprehensiblea1425 unthinkablec1445 imperscrutablec1450 inscrutablec1450 inopinable?a1475 incomprenable1502 unspectable?1504 incogitablec1522 uncogitable1529 impenetrable1531 inimaginable1534 inexplicable1555 unsensible1555 unscrutable1562 unfashionable1563 unpenetrable1581 unexcogitable1592 ineffable1598 inexcogitable1599 indivinable1603 ininvestigable1604 incapable1605 searchless?1606 uncomprehensive1609 unconceivable1611 undivinable1611 unimaginable1611 unexplicable1615 unintelligible1616 unapprehensible?1617 unfathomable1617 imprehensible1622 ununderstandablea1631 indeprehensible1633 indiscernible1635 inscrute1639 inapprehensiblea1641 indiscoverable1640 unexaminable1641 impervestigable1643 fathomless1645 inconceivable1646 indeterminable1646 inexplorable1646 insearchable1647 incomprehended1652 comprehendlessa1654 incomprehensive1656 untraceable1661 uninvestigablea1677 unintelligent1683 incognoscible1691 thought-transcendinga1711 uncognizable1720 acataleptic1727 undescriptive1744 elusive1751 impalpable1781 inaccessible1796 unconjecturable1806 uncognoscible1821 unascertainable1827 unfixable1831 unguessable1832 unrealizable1832 unsurveyable1833 hard-shelled1835 unintellective1837 undeemed1845 graspless1849 unconjectured1850 incognizable1852 ungraspable1853 unreadable1853 super-cerebral1854 elusory1856 trans-conscious1865 intangible1880 uncatchable1892 unspelt1892 unplumbable1895 unknowledgeable1920 indiscutable1933 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bj^v If the greefes of them bee to thee vnsensible by reason of thy..longe sickenes. 3. a. = insensible adj. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] unfeelingc1000 dead?c1225 unwitlessc1225 insensiblec1400 unfeelablec1400 unfredeablec1450 insensate?1520 blatea1522 deaf?1527 unsensible1531 inanimatea1555 senseless1557 unsensate1561 sleeping1562 insensitive1610 unsensitive1610 torpid1613 inanimated1646 torpent1647 unperceptive1668 feelless1684 insentient1764 unsentient1768 sensationless1824 apathic1835 non-sensitive1836 zombie-like1932 zombie-esque1946 zomboid1963 zombied1972 1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. xlvij^v [Christ] died not to purchesse soch honoure vn to vnsensible thynges, y^t [etc.]. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 252 Unless he be as unsensible as a man that will put and hold his finger in the hot fire and say the fire burneth not. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Sii The two vnsensible pictures. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cal, a thicke, and vnsensible skin, or brawnie hardnesse of skin. 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times i. 11 The secret places of Calista's affection, which were not marble, nor of any unsensible matter. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. Postscr. 10 The unsensible and hardhearted Monster answered, he liked it very well. b. = insensible adj. 3b, 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > in respect of something specified insensible1526 unsensible1568 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [adjective] insensible1426 senselessa1547 deadly1548 unsensible1568 slumbered1590 exanimate1619 lifeless1668 unconscious1832 impassive1846 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 50 Rasis in his Simples writeth that the Methel maketh num or vnsensible. a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) ii. sig. D1 Your land has laine long bed rid, and unsensible. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 191 Her often swounding kept her alive by making her become unsensible of the sharpenesse of the paine which shee felt. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 160 When the doors are shut..they [sc. bees] are dark, and unsensible of so small a heat. 1891 in G. L. Gower Surrey Words (1893) 44 I was unsensible for loss of blood. 4. a. = insensible adj. 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally unaffected dead1340 unsmittenc1400 unmovedc1480 unkindleda1525 senseless1560 lumpish1585 unfired1590 unaffectedc1595 incapable1601 unsensible1611 insensible1615 untouched1616 impervious1618 unanswering1632 untransported1641 beauty-proof1676 insensate1726 unsusceptible1734 uninfluenced1735 unimbued1813 unsmote1814 unsusceptive1825 unalive1828 echoless1869 non-conducting1871 unsusceptible1872 irresponsive1886 affectless1912 (a) 1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iv. sig. G4^v Vnsensible of loue, or amorous pitty. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis viii. 167 They the time beguile with speech: Vnsensible of stay. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 562 I mean not, that he is unsensible of the good it self, but, that..he is wholly unsensible..of the Benignity of him that does it. a1804 in Matilda Betham Biog. Dict. Celebrated Women 452 She thought herself..too unsensible of our Lord's love to her. (b)1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders sig. a2 It would doubtlesse make me pass for uncensible [1664 insensible], how your Majesty..inherited that same clemency.1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 39 One not altogether unsensible that he hath over-charg'd his Vocation with burthensome Cares.1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 224 I am not unsensible, how very disadvantagious it is for us [etc.].1735 J. Price Some Considerations Stone-bridge Thames 16 I am not unsensible that it may be suggested [etc.]. b. = insensible adj. 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility unfeelingc1000 mis-feelinga1382 stonishc1450 unpainfulc1450 obtuse1509 sprightlessa1522 insensate1553 senseless1560 soulless1568 dull-esprited1591 impassible1592 bluntie1598 impenetrable1600 stockish1600 stolidc1600 incapable1601 stupid1605 tasteless1605 unsensitive1610 unexalted1611 insensible1617 unsensible1619 languid1622 immovable1639 dead-hearted1642 sterile1642 resupine1643 unaffectionate1645 iron-bound1648 resentlessa1649 torpid1656 torpulent1657 impassive1699 unreceptive1722 hebete1743 apathetic1744 stubbed1744 gustless1766 unresponsive1768 unsusceptible1779 tideless-blooded1786 unaffectioned1788 inaccessible1796 hebetudinous1820 unimpressible1828 insensitive1834 apathetical1835 non-sensitive1836 blunt-hearted1845 irreceptive1846 unreceptant1846 unimpressionable1847 anaesthetic1860 insentient1860 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 unsqueamish1893 tone-deaf1894 unget-at-able1897 facty1901 zombie1937 pegamoid1957 1619 Bp. J. King Serm. 2 I thinke there is none so unsensible that is not moved hereat. 1650 O. Sedgwick Χριστος και Κερδος 26 Dull and unsensible men; of such did one long since complain, That [etc.]. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode ii. i. 19 Town. Methinks you speak very feelingly Brother. Old Bell. I am but Five and Fifty Sister you know, an Age not altogether unsensible! a1699 J. Kirkton Secret & True Hist. Church Scotl. (1817) 65 Many a sober man was tempted to exceed, lest he should be condemned as unnatural, disloyal, unsensible. 5. = insensible adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adjective] unwittyc1000 heartlessa1382 meana1387 conceitless?c1425 insensuat1508 insensate1528 insensible?1531 miskenning1533 unsensible1560 witless1562 unfraught1587 unconceiving1593 stupid1595 small-knowing1598 surd1601 ununderstanding1611 unapprehensible1613 unperceiving?1623 unapprehensive1624 inapprehending1652 incomprehensive1652 inapprehensive1653 impenetrative1684 blind1692 uncomprehensive1694 unpenetrating1701 unmeaning1704 vacant1712 gilly-gaupus1754 unacute1775 unapprehending1794 unpenetrative1795 unwitted1828 uncomprehending1838 irrecognizant1845 vacuous1848 incomprehending1881 mush-headed1884 wantwit1894 doofus1967 acerebral1968 brain-dead1972 goofus1981 the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > irrational or dull daftc1325 insensible?1531 roidc1540 unsensible1560 stupid1605 1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete sig. Dd ij Lyke vnreasonable beastes and vnsensyble. 1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 136 What is now more reuiled of vnsensible protestants then the shauen crowne of reuerent priesthood? a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iv. sig. C5 He found some of his aunswers..not vnsensible. 1814 M. Brunton Discipline III. xxii. 26 The poor lad was not so unsensible, but he knew to do his bidding. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xiv. 245 When the drink's out of 'em, they aren't unsensible. 6. Not showing good or sound sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xix. sig. Tt4 For nothing can be more vnsensible, then to thinke what one doth, & to forget the end why it is done. 1858 W. Bagehot Lit. Stud. (1879) II. 154 The strongest unsensible feeling in Scott was perhaps his Jacobitism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1380
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