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senseful

adj
/ˈsɛnsfʊl/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English senseful From sense + -ful.

  1. derived from *sent-✻ — “to feel”
  2. derived from *sinn✻
  3. derived from *sennus✻ — “sense, reason, way”
  4. derived from sēnsus — “sensation, feeling, meaning”
  5. derived from sens, sen, san — “sense, perception, direction”
  6. inherited from sense
  7. suffixed as senseful — “sense + ful”

Definitions

  1. Full of sense

    Full of sense; meaningful; significant.

    • The Ladie, hearkening to his sensefull speach, / Found nothing that he said unmeet nor geason […].

  2. Full of (common) sense

    Full of (common) sense; sensible; intelligent.

  3. Capable of precise physical sensation.

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