'Susceptibleness' definitions:
Definition of 'susceptibleness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn: susceptibility, susceptibleness] [ant: immunity, unsusceptibility]
Definition of 'Susceptibleness'
From: GCIDE
- Susceptible \Sus*cep"ti*ble\, a. [F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see Sub-) + capere to take. See Capable.]
- 1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration. [1913 Webster]
- It sheds on souls susceptible of light, The glorious dawn of our eternal day. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart. [1913 Webster]
- Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb. [1913 Webster] -- {Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {Sus*cep"ti*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]