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Definition of passible - 2 dictionary results

pas⋅si⋅ble

  [pas-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
capable of feeling, esp. suffering; susceptible of sensation or emotion; impressionable.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < ML passibilis. See passion, -ible

Related forms:
pas⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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pas·si·ble   (pās'ə-bəl)   
adj.  Capable of feeling or suffering; sensitive: a passible type of personality.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin passibilis, from Latin passus, past participle of patī, to suffer; see pē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
pas'si·bil'i·ty n.
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