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suscitability

suscitability noun: the capability of being suscitated; excitability.

Noun

suscitability (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The capability of being suscitated; excitability.
    • Svb. This's Heathen Greek, to you? And, what's your Mercury?
      Fac. A very Fugitiue, he will be gone, Sir.
      Svb. How know you him? Fac. By his viſcoſitie,
      His oleoſitie, and his ſuſcitabilitie.1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, Act II, scene v
    • Neither suscitability of the still-born infant or the resuscitability of the seemingly dead adult require proof to substantiate their possibility. With life extinguished neither operation has any concern, […]1917, Detroit Medical Journal, volume 18, page 71

Origin of suscitability

From suscitate + -ability.

Questions about suscitability

What does suscitability mean?
Suscitability means the capability of being suscitated; excitability.
What part of speech is suscitability?
Suscitability is a noun.

Words near suscitability in the dictionary

  1. susceptor
  2. susceptors
  3. suscepts
  4. suscipient
  5. suscipients
  6. suscitability
  7. suscitate
  8. suscitated
  9. suscitates
  10. suscitating
  11. suscitation

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