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sensiferous

sensiferous adjective: exciting or conveying sensation.

Adjective

sensiferous (not comparable)

  1. Exciting or conveying sensation.
    • Whatever be the apparent diversities among the sensiferous apparatuses , however , they share certain common characters . Each consists of a receptive , a transmissive , and a sensificatory portion1894, Thomas Henry Huxley, Hume, with Helps to the Study of Berkeley

Origin of sensiferous

Latin sensifer; sensus (“sense”) + ferre (“to bear”). By surface analysis, sense + -i- + -fer + -ous.

Words that rhyme with sensiferous

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Questions about sensiferous

What does sensiferous mean?
Sensiferous means exciting or conveying sensation.
What part of speech is sensiferous?
Sensiferous is an adjective.

Words near sensiferous in the dictionary

  1. sensibly
  2. sensical
  3. sensically
  4. sensie
  5. sensifacient
  6. sensiferous
  7. sensific
  8. sensificatory
  9. sensigenous
  10. sensile
  11. sensilla

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