susceptible Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of
- susceptible to colds
- susceptible of proof
adjective satellite easily impressed emotionally

F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see Sub-) + capere to take. See Capable.

Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.
It sheds on souls susceptible of light, The glorious dawn of our eternal day. Young.
Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart. = impressionable
Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. Cowper.

I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. Lamb.
-- Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Sus*cep"ti*bly, adv.