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sensigenous

sensigenous adjective: causing or exciting sensation.

Adjective

sensigenous (comparative more sensigenous, superlative most sensigenous)

  1. Causing or exciting sensation.
    • it is becoming clear that the more perfect the sensory apparatus, the more completely do these sensigenous cells take on the form of delicate rods or filaments1877, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals

Forms of sensigenous

comparativemore sensigenous
superlativemost sensigenous

Origin of sensigenous

From sense + -i- + -genous.

Questions about sensigenous

What does sensigenous mean?
Sensigenous means causing or exciting sensation.
What part of speech is sensigenous?
Sensigenous is an adjective.

Words near sensigenous in the dictionary

  1. sensie
  2. sensifacient
  3. sensiferous
  4. sensific
  5. sensificatory
  6. sensigenous
  7. sensile
  8. sensilla
  9. sensillae
  10. sensillar
  11. sensillary

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